Chinese–English

有头有尾

yǒu tóu yǒu wěi · you tou you wei

Traditional 有頭有尾

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  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.
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