无疾而终 wú jí ér zhōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to die peacefully
  2. (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference)
  3. to come to nothing
  4. to fizzle out

CHARACTERS

无 wú negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
疾 jí illness, disease, sickness; to hate
而 ér and; and then; and yet; but
终 zhōng end; finally, in the end