靡不有初，鲜克有终

Traditional form:

靡不有初，鮮克有終

Pinyin (reading):

mǐbùyǒuchū,xiǎnkèyǒuzhōng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 靡 - to scatter, to disperse; to divide
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 初 - beginning, initial, primary
• 鲜 - fresh; delicious; attractive
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 终 - end; finally, in the end

Traditional characters:

• 靡 - to scatter, to disperse; to divide
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 初 - beginning, initial, primary
• 鮮 - fresh; delicious; attractive
• 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 終 - end; finally, in the end