Pinyin: bà n tú ré rè i
Interpretation: waste: stop. It means that you can't stick to it, give up halfway, and start without ending.
Source: The Book of Rites The Doctrine of the Mean: "It is difficult for a gentleman to give up halfway with the Tao."
Idiom story
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Le Yangzi who had no great ambition. He has a clever wife who always encourages him to make progress.
One day, Le Yangzi picked up a piece of gold and showed it to his wife happily. The wife said angrily, "someone else dropped this gold on the road." We have to earn money by working! " "Le Yangzi quickly picked up the gold and ran back to his original place, waiting for the owner to claim it. A friend advised Yueyang Zi to go to school. Le Yangzi went home to discuss with his wife, who was very happy and encouraged him to go.
After studying outside for a year, Le Yangzi was always homesick, so he asked the teacher for leave to visit him at home. When his wife learned that Le Yangzi had not finished his studies, she was very sad. She picked up scissors and cut the hard-woven cloth into two pieces. Le Yangzi was frightened and asked his wife why. The wife said, "You have to accumulate over time and study hard to learn. Now you give up halfway, don't you give up halfway like this cloth? "
Le Yangzi was deeply moved and understood his wife's pains. From then on, he studied hard, and after seven years, he didn't go home to visit his wife until he finished his studies.