begin well and end well
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh à NSH à L à ngzh à ng, which means doing things has a good beginning and a good ending. It comes from Qin Fu by Ji Kang, Wei of the Three Kingdoms.
The origin of Idioms
"Qin Fu" written by Wei and Ji Kang of the Three Kingdoms states: "it is not only rich and colorful, but also good at beginning and ending."
Idiom usage
In the old book of the Tang Dynasty, the biography of the patriarchal clan: if Hejian is resourceful and knowledgeable, he will descend from the empty boat to Xiaomi, drink the blood of the demon and level the Gongyi, then he will be divided into the monarch and the minister, and sell his son and grandson, then he will have no privacy.
Analysis of Idioms
A good beginning and a good ending
begin well and end well
the continuation is only held by a silken thread - bù jué rú dài
confirmed habits are hard to get rid of - jī zhòng nán fǎn