有头无尾 yǒutóuwúwěi to leave something unfinished Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 有头无尾 有頭無尾 yǒutóuwúwěi to leave something unfinished (idiom) to start something but fail to finish it; to give up halfway; to lack perseverance Frequency Written text 0.058 per million Cross-References Antonym 有始有终 yǒushǐyǒuzhōng有头有尾 yǒutóuyǒuwěiSynonym 有始无终 yǒushǐwúzhōng半途而废 bàntú'érfèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
有头无尾 有頭無尾 yǒutóuwúwěi to leave something unfinished (idiom) to start something but fail to finish it; to give up halfway; to lack perseverance Frequency Written text 0.058 per million Cross-References Antonym 有始有终 yǒushǐyǒuzhōng有头有尾 yǒutóuyǒuwěiSynonym 有始无终 yǒushǐwúzhōng半途而废 bàntú'érfèi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)