善始善終
shàn​shǐ​shàn​zhōng

to see something through

  • created sense approved 善始善终/善始善終 · shàn​shǐ​shàn​zhōng · to see something through — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    善始善终 / 善始善終

    shàn​shǐ​shàn​zhōng

    to see something through

    To start well and end well; to finish what one started and carry it through to a successful conclusion.

    善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · properly 始 (literal) → 始 · shǐ · to begin 善 (literal) → 善 · shàn · properly 终 (literal) → 终/終 · zhōng · end

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

    created sense