有始无终

Traditional form:

有始無終

Pinyin (reading):

yǒushǐwúzhōng

Definitions:

• to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
• lack of sticking power
• short attention span

Characters:

• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning
• 无 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 终 - end; finally, in the end

Traditional characters:

• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning
• 無 - no, not; lacking, -less
• 終 - end; finally, in the end