有头无尾 (有頭無尾) yǒu tóu wú wěi
yǒu tóu wú wěi
set phrase
to start but not finish
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Literally, to have a head but not a tail
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 4 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 3 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 1 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 7 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 2 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Weishan Lingyou of Tanzhou 潭州溈山靈祐禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 8 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation