善始善终 — Chinese idiom
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
Traditional: 善始善終
Meaning
- where there's a start, there's a finish ; to finish once one starts sth
- to carry things through
- I started, so I'll finish.
Character by character
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 始shǐto begin, to start; beginning
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 终zhōngend; finally, in the end
Idioms sharing a character
- 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
- 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
- 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
- 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
- 善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū
- 善自为谋 shàn zì wéi móu
- 善自珍摄 shàn zì zhēn shè
- 善解人意 shàn jiě rén yì
- 善财难舍 shàn cái nán shě
- 多愁善感 duō chóu shàn gǎn
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