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善始善终

shàn shǐ shàn zhōng

4-character word Traditional 善始善終

What 善始善终 means

1. where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
2. to carry things through
3. I started, so I'll finish.

The characters in 善始善终

• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed
• 终zhōngend; finish

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