"有始無終" meaning in Chinese

See 有始無終 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

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] Forms: 有始无终
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 chengyu, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 76 24 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17
  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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    {
      "form": "有始无终",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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      "glosses": [
        "to have a beginning but not an end"
      ],
      "id": "en-有始無終-zh-phrase-kfd6Wb25",
      "links": [
        [
          "have",
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        [
          "beginning",
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        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    },
    {
      "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/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
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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"
}
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    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有終"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒushǐyǒuzhōng",
      "word": "有始有终"
    }
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 始",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 無",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 終",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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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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