有始有终 (有始有終)
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
Pinyin
Definition
有始有终 (有始有終)
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- where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
- to carry things through
- I started, so I'll finish.
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一元复始
- 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
- 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
- 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven