有头无尾
有头无尾
yǒu tóu wú wěi
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
verbidiom
Traditional: 有頭無尾
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- (verb, idiom) to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
- lack of sticking power
- short attention span
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Related Words
有始无终(yǒu shǐ wú zhōng)· to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
→为德不卒(wéi dé bù zú)· to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
→为德不终(wéi dé bù zhōng)· to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
→一曝十寒(yī pù shí hán)· one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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