宁愿不开始也不要半途而废 — níng yuàn bù kāi shǐ yě bù yào bàn tú ér fèi

1

níng²

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

2

yuàn⁴

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

3

bù⁴

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

4

kāi¹

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

5

shǐ³

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

6

yě³

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

7

bù⁴

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

8

yào⁴

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

9

bàn⁴

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

10

tú²

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

11

ér²

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

12

fèi⁴

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer / desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing / no, not, un-; negative prefix / to open; to start, to initiate, to begin / to begin, to start; beginning / also, too / no, not, un-; negative prefix / essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand / half; semi-, incomplete / way, road, path, journey, course / and, and then, and yet; but / to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate

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