初衷

jǐn guǎn hòu lái shì qing bàn zá le dàn tā de chū zhōng shì hǎo de

尽管后来事情办砸了，但他的初衷是好的。

Although things later went badly, his initial intentions were good.

suī rán jīng guò le bǎi bān cuò zhé dàn shì tā shǐ zhōng bù gǎi biàn chū zhōng

虽然经过了百般挫折，但是他始终不改变初衷。

Although after a hundred setbacks, he never changed his mind.

tā bù gǎi chū zhōng réng rán rè ài jiào yù zhè yī xíng

他不改初衷，仍然热爱教育这一行。

He has not changed his mind and still loves his profession of education.