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有始無終 (jau5 ci2 mou4 zung1) — start sth. but fail to finish; have a beginning but no end in Cantonese

jauˏ₅有ciˊ²始mouˎ₄無zungˉ¹終
简 有始无终
Mandarin Pinyin: you3 shi3 wu2 zhong1

Meaning of 有始無終

nounstart sth. but fail to finish; have a beginning but no end

Characters in 有始無終

有jau5
there is; exist; be present
始ci2
only then;
無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
終zung1
finally; at last; in the end; after all; in the long run

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