为德不卒 wéi dé bù zú

start good then quit; not finish what you begin

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2. lack of sticking power
  3. 3. short attention span

Characters

Character Meaning
为 wéi HSK 2
for; because of; to
德 dé HSK 5
Germany; abbr. for 德国dé guó; German
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
卒 zú
variant of 猝cù; variant of 卒zú; to finish