为德不终 wéi dé bù zhōng

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

为 wéi do, handle, govern, act; be
德 dé ethics, morality, virtue
不 bù no, not; un-; negative prefix
终 zhōng end; finally, in the end