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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「謹終如始」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

It means to be cautious and consistent.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jǐn zhōng rú shǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gan2 jung1 yu4 chi2

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