终而复始 — Chinese idiom
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
Traditional: 終而復始
Meaning
- lit. the end comes back to the start ; the wheel comes full circle
Character by character
- 终zhōngend; finally, in the end
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 复fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to
- 始shǐto begin, to start; beginning
Idioms sharing a character
- 不知所终 bù zhī suǒ zhōng
- 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
- 始终如一 shǐ zhōng rú yī
- 情定终身 qíng dìng zhōng shēn
- 抱恨终天 bào hèn zhōng tiān
- 曲终奏雅 qǔ zhōng zòu yǎ
- 有始有终 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
- 有始无终 yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
- 为德不终 wéi dé bù zhōng
- 无疾而终 wú jí ér zhōng
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