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Open the tool →始末原由 (shǐ mò yuán yóu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the whole story and its causes”.
始末原由 is pronounced shǐ mò yuán yóu in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 始末原由 means “Beginning and end, and original reason; the whole process and its cause”. It is used to mean “the whole story and its causes”.
始末:事情从头到尾的经过。原由:缘由;来由。事情的经过和原因。同“始末缘由”。