"有始無終" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/, /jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: yǒushǐwúzhōng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jau⁵ ci² mou⁴ zung¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yǒushǐwúzhōng [Phonetic:yóushǐwúzhōng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yǒushǐhwújhong [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yu³-shih³-wu²-chung¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yǒu-shř-wú-jūng [Mandarin, Yale], yeoushyywujong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юшиучжун [Mandarin, Palladius], jušiučžun [Mandarin, Palladius], yáuh chí mòuh jūng [Cantonese, Yale], jau⁵ tsi² mou⁴ dzung¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yeo⁵ qi² mou⁴ zung¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 有始無終
  1. to have a beginning but not an end Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-有始無終-zh-phrase-kfd6Wb25 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
  2. to start something but fail to carry it through; to begin well but end badly Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-有始無終-zh-phrase-xQ1GNM0j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 有頭無尾/有头无尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi), 虎頭蛇尾/虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi), 有頭無尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi), 有头无尾 (yǒutóuwúwěi), 虎頭蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi), 虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi)

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有终"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have a beginning but not an end"
      ],
      "id": "en-有始無終-zh-phrase-kfd6Wb25",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to start something but fail to carry it through; to begin well but end badly"
      ],
      "id": "en-有始無終-zh-phrase-xQ1GNM0j",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "carry it through",
          "carry through"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒushǐwúzhōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ ci² mou⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒushǐwúzhōng [Phonetic:yóushǐwúzhōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒushǐhwújhong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu³-shih³-wu²-chung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒu-shř-wú-jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeoushyywujong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юшиучжун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jušiučžun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáuh chí mòuh jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ tsi² mou⁴ dzung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeo⁵ qi² mou⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yóushǐwúzhōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有頭無尾/有头无尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾/虎头蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有頭無尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有头无尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎头蛇尾"
    }
  ],
  "word": "有始無終"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有终"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese four-character idioms",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "有始無終",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to have a beginning but not an end"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
          "have"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to start something but fail to carry it through; to begin well but end badly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "carry it through",
          "carry through"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒushǐwúzhōng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˇ ㄨˊ ㄓㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ ci² mou⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒushǐwúzhōng [Phonetic:yóushǐwúzhōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒushǐhwújhong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yu³-shih³-wu²-chung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǒu-shř-wú-jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeoushyywujong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юшиучжун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jušiučžun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yáuh chí mòuh jūng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jau⁵ tsi² mou⁴ dzung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeo⁵ qi² mou⁴ zung¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: yóushǐwúzhōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ mou̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有頭無尾/有头无尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾/虎头蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有頭無尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒutóuwúwěi",
      "word": "有头无尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎頭蛇尾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hǔtóushéwěi",
      "word": "虎头蛇尾"
    }
  ],
  "word": "有始無終"
}

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