almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle
trad. 靡不有初，鮮克有終
Also written 靡不有初，鮮克有終【mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng】
Characters in this word
7靡
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to waste (money)
- Pinyin
- mí
- Strokes
- 19
- Frequency
- 11434 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
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
初
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(bound form) at first; initially, (bound form) first; early, (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- Pinyin
- chū
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 5643 of 2500
鲜
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variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]
- Pinyin
- xiǎn
- Traditional
- 尟
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 40824 of 2500
克
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abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia, (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia
- Pinyin
- Kè
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1495 of 2500
终
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end, finish
- Pinyin
- zhōng
- Traditional
- 終
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8830 of 2500