始末
始末 shǐ mò ㄕˇ ㄇㄛˋ ci2 mut6
- whole story
- the ins and outs
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More words with these characters
始
- 原始 yuán shǐ ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇ jyun4 ci2 first
- 始终始終 shǐ zhōng ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ci2 zung1 from beginning to end
- 开始開始 kāi shǐ ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ hoi1 ci2 to begin
- 创始人創始人 chuàng shǐ rén ㄔㄨㄤˋ ㄕˇ ㄖㄣˊ cong3 ci2 jan4 creator; founder; initiator
- 自始至终自始至終 zì shǐ zhì zhōng ㄗˋ ㄕˇ ㄓˋ ㄓㄨㄥ zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1 from start to finish (idiom)
- 伊始 yī shǐ ㄧ ㄕˇ ji1 ci2 outset
末
- 期末 qī mò ㄑㄧ ㄇㄛˋ kei4 mut6 the end of a term or semester (in school)
- 末日 mò rì ㄇㄛˋ ㄖˋ mut6 jat6 last day
- 末期 mò qī ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧ mut6 kei4 end (of a period)
- 周末週末 zhōu mò ㄓㄡ ㄇㄛˋ zau1 mut6 weekend
- 且末 Qiě mò ㄑㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄛˋ ce2 mut6 see 且末縣|且末县[Qie3 mo4 Xian4]
- 元末 Yuán mò ㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄛˋ jyun4 mut6 final years of Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
Idioms with these characters
- 报本反始報本反始 bào běn fǎn shǐ ㄅㄠˋ ㄅㄣˇ ㄈㄢˇ ㄕˇ bou3 bun2 faan2 ci2 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
- 善始善终善始善終 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng ㄕㄢˋ ㄕˇ ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ sin6 ci2 sin6 zung1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
- 始料未及 shǐ liào wèi jí ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ ci2 liu6 mei6 kap6 not expected at the outset (idiom)
- 始终如一始終如一 shǐ zhōng rú yī ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧ ci2 zung1 jyu4 jat1 unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
- 始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě ㄕˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄩㄥˇ ㄓㄜˇ ci2 zok3 jung2 ze2 lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)
- 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ bun2 mut6 dou2 zi3 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- 强弩之末強弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄋㄨˇ ㄓ ㄇㄛˋ koeng4 nou5 zi1 mut6 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
- 穷途末路窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ ㄌㄨˋ kung4 tou4 mut6 lou6 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
- 舍本逐末捨本逐末 shě běn zhú mò ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ se2 bun2 zuk6 mut6 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)