终而复始

Traditional form:

終而復始

Pinyin (reading):

zhōng'érfùshǐ

Definitions:

• lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle

Characters:

• 终 - end; finally, in the end
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 复 - again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning

Traditional characters:

• 終 - end; finally, in the end
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 復 - again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return
• 始 - to begin, to start; beginning