created reference approved 有始无终/有始無終 → 有始有终/有始有終 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
有始无终 / 有始無終 yǒushǐwúzhōng
有始有终 / 有始有終 yǒushǐyǒuzhōng
antonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 有始无终/有始無終 → 半途而废/半途而廢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
有始无终 / 有始無終 yǒushǐwúzhōng
半途而废 / 半途而廢 bàntú'érfèi
synonym
Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 有始无终/有始無終 · yǒushǐwúzhōng · to start but not finish — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
有始无终 / 有始無終
yǒushǐwúzhōng
to start but not finish
(idiom) To start something but fail to carry it through; to lack the perseverance to finish what one started.
有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · to have 始 (literal) → 始 · shǐ · beginning 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 终 (literal) → 终/終 · zhōng · end
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition