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

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• 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

1. 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.

2. 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)