始末
shǐ mò
Pinyin

Definition

始末
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shǐ mò
  1. whole story
  2. the ins and outs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
伊始
yī shǐ
  1. 1 outset
  2. 2 beginning
创始人
chuàng shǐ rén
  1. 1 creator
  2. 2 founder
  3. 3 initiator
原始
yuán shǐ
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 original
  3. 3 primitive
  4. 4 original (document etc)
始
shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 then
  4. 4 only then
始终
shǐ zhōng
  1. 1 from beginning to end
  2. 2 all along
年末
nián mò
  1. 1 end of the year
期末
qī mò
  1. 1 end of term
期末考
qī mò kǎo
  1. 1 final exam
末
mò
  1. 1 tip
  2. 2 end
  3. 3 final stage
  4. 4 latter part
  5. 5 inessential detail
  6. 6 powder
  7. 7 dust
  8. 8 opera role of old man
末日
Mò rì
  1. 1 Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)
末路
mò lù
  1. 1 end of the road
  2. 2 final road
  3. 3 fig. dead end
  4. 4 impasse
岁末
suì mò
  1. 1 end of the year
芥末
jiè mo
  1. 1 mustard
  2. 2 wasabi
周末
zhōu mò
  1. 1 weekend
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
且末
Qiě mò
  1. 1 Cherchen nahiyisi or Qiemo county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
切末
qiè mo
  1. 1 stage props
初始
chū shǐ
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 starting (point)
初始化
chū shǐ huà
  1. 1 (computing) to initialize
  2. 2 initialization

Idioms (15)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events
始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī
  1. 1 unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
强弩之末
qiáng nǔ zhī mò
  1. 1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. spent force
舍本逐末
shě běn zhú mò
  1. 1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
  2. 2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
  1. 1 to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
  2. 2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
  3. 3 to put the cart before the horse
穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù
  1. 1 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
  2. 2 in a plight with no way out
  3. 3 things have reached a dead end
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
自始至终
zì shǐ zhì zhōng
  1. 1 from start to finish (idiom)
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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