4 characters Idiom and proverb 7 805

Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「有頭有尾」, with details below.

The featured idiom 「有頭有尾」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

There is a beginning and an end. It means to be able to stick to something to the end.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǒu tóu yǒu wěi

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau5 tau4 yau5 mei5

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