如一

consistent / the same / unvarying

as / as if / such as

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

unswerving from start to finish (idiom)

external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom); to say what one means / to think and act as one

family-like close relationship (idiom)

seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing

lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think / honest and straightforward

to be getting worse with each generation

to be getting worse by the day