为德不终
wéi​dé​bù​zhōng

failing to carry through with virtue

  • created reference approved 为德不终/為德不終 → 为德不卒/為德不卒 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    为德不终 / 為德不終 wéi​dé​bù​zhōng

    为德不卒 / 為德不卒 wéi​dé​bù​zú

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 为德不终/為德不終 · wéi​dé​bù​zhōng · failing to carry through with virtue — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    为德不终 / 為德不終

    wéi​dé​bù​zhōng

    failing to carry through with virtue

    to fail to carry through with a virtuous act or a good deed; to lack the persistence to finish what one started.

    为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to do 德 (literal) → 德 · dé · virtue 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 终 (literal) → 终/終 · zhōng · end

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense