靡不有初，鮮克有終

mei5 bat1 jau5 co1 ，sin2 hak1 jau5 zung1

almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

Written Forms

靡不有初，鮮克有終Traditional · Main Form
靡不有初，鲜克有终Alternate Form

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