有始有终

有始有終

yǒushǐ-yǒuzhōng

idiom #27,084

Meanings

HSK 7-9

做事要有始有终，不能半途而废。

Zuòshì yào yǒushǐyǒuzhōng, bùnéng bàntú'érfèi.

Whatever you do, you should see it through to the end and not give up halfway.

HSK 7-9

他是个有始有终的人，从来不放弃。

Tā shì gè yǒushǐyǒuzhōng de rén, cóngláibù fàngqì.

He is someone who finishes what he starts and never gives up.

memory

始 means 'beginning' and 终 means 'end.' The idiom says: have a beginning, have an end - meaning you should complete the whole journey.

有 yǒu

始 shǐ

终 zhōng