為德不終 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

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