yǒu​tóu​wú​wěi

to leave something unfinished

  • created reference approved 有头无尾/有頭無尾 → 有始有终/有始有終 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有头无尾 / 有頭無尾 yǒu​tóu​wú​wěi

    有始有终 / 有始有終 yǒu​shǐ​yǒu​zhōng

    antonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 有头无尾/有頭無尾 → 有始无终/有始無終 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有头无尾 / 有頭無尾 yǒu​tóu​wú​wěi

    有始无终 / 有始無終 yǒu​shǐ​wú​zhōng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 有头无尾/有頭無尾 → 半途而废/半途而廢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有头无尾 / 有頭無尾 yǒu​tóu​wú​wěi

    半途而废 / 半途而廢 bàn​tú'ér​fèi

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 有头无尾/有頭無尾 · yǒu​tóu​wú​wěi · to leave something unfinished — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    有头无尾 / 有頭無尾

    yǒu​tóu​wú​wěi

    to leave something unfinished

    (idiom) to start something but fail to finish it; to give up halfway; to lack perseverance

    有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 尾 (literal) → 尾 · wěi · end; remainder

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

    created sense