有始有終

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	begin	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	end; finish
trad. (有始有終)		有	始	有	終
simp. (有始有终)		有	始	有	终

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǒushǐyǒuzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵ ci² jau⁵ zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǒushǐyǒuzhōng [Phonetic: yóushíyǒuzhōng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ ㄕˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǒushǐhyǒujhong
  - Wade–Giles: yu³-shih³-yu³-chung¹
  - Yale: yǒu-shř-yǒu-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeoushyyyeoujong
  - Palladius: юшиючжун (jušijučžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁵ ci² jau⁵ zung¹
  - Yale: yáuh chí yáuh jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵ tsi² jau⁵ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁵ qi² yeo⁵ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʰiː³⁵ jɐu̯¹³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

有始有終

to have a beginning and an end
- 一切過程都有始有終，一切過程都轉化為它們的對立物。 [MSC, trad.]
  一切过程都有始有终，一切过程都转化为它们的对立物。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《矛盾論》 (On Contradiction), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Yīqiè guòchéng dōu yǒushǐyǒuzhōng, yīqiè guòchéng dōu zhuǎnhuà wéi tāmen de duìlìwù. [Pinyin]
  All processes have a beginning and an end, all processes transform themselves into their opposites.
to carry something through the end; steadfast to the end

Synonyms

有始有卒
有頭有尾／有头有尾 (yǒutóuyǒuwěi)
善始善終／善始善终

Antonyms

有始無終／有始无终 (yǒushǐwúzhōng)
虎頭蛇尾／虎头蛇尾 (hǔtóushéwěi)

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