靡不有初，鮮克有終 mǐ bù yǒu chū ， xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

CHARACTERS

靡 mǐ divide, disperse, scatter
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
有 yǒu
HSK 1
have, own, possess; exist
初 chū
HSK 5
beginning, initial, primary
鮮 xiǎn fresh, new, delicious; rare, few
克 kè
HSK 4
gram; overcome; transliteration
有 yǒu
HSK 1
have, own, possess; exist
終 zhōng end; finally, in the end