







始末缘由 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the whole story and its causes”. The full account of an event from beginning to end, including the reasons behind it. Literally, “beginning, end, and reasons; the full course and its causes”.

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Open the tool →始末缘由 (shǐ mò yuán yóu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the whole story and its causes”.
始末缘由 is pronounced shǐ mò yuán yóu in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 始末缘由 means “beginning, end, and reasons; the full course and its causes”. It is used to mean “the whole story and its causes”.
始末:事情从头到尾的经过。缘由:缘故由来。事情的经过和原因。亦作“始末原由”。