to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
trad. 有始無終
Also written 有始無終【yǒu shǐ wú zhōng】
Characters in this word
4有
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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- Pinyin
- yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 13 of 2500
始
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to begin, to start, then, only then
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21104 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
终
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end, finish
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Traditional
- 終
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8830 of 2500