有始有終

jau5 ci2 jau5 zung1

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.

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. to carry things through
  3. I started, so I'll finish.

Written Forms

有始有終Traditional · Main Form
有始有终Alternate Form

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