hữu thuỷ vô chung

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 有始無終.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [hiw˦ˀ˥ tʰwi˧˩ vo˧˧ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [hɨw˧˨ tʰwɪj˧˨ vow˧˧ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [hɨw˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦ vow˧˧ cʊwŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [hɨw˨˩˦ tʰ⁽ʷ⁾ɪj˨˩˦ jow˧˧ cʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

    Idiom

    hữu thuỷ vô chung

    1. to have a beginning but not an end
    2. to start something but fail to carry it through; to begin well but end badly
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