孟もう母ぼ断だん機きの教おしえ

expression

one should not leave things unfinished

Proverb derived from a story about Mencius' mother, who cut a cloth she was weaving to admonish her son for leaving school early. Used to emphasize the importance of perseverance and completing what one starts.

See also: 断機

• 孟もう母ぼ断だん機きの教おしえは、途と中ちゅうで投なげ出だしてはいけないという戒いましめだ。

  The lesson of Mōbo Danki is an admonition that one must not give up halfway.