慎终如始 shènzhōngrúshǐ to finish as well as one began Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 慎终 慎終 shènzhōng to be thoroughgoing (literary) to be careful and thorough from beginning to end; to carefully consider the consequences of one's actions如 rú preposition to be like to be like; to be similar to; as if始 shǐ nounadverb beginning (bound form) the beginning; the start; the origin