to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
trad. 為德不終
Also written 為德不終【wéi dé bù zhōng】
Characters in this word
4为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
德
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Germany, German, abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
- Pinyin
- Dé
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 1146 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
终
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end, finish
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Traditional
- 終
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8830 of 2500