from start to finish
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to follow through / to carry through to the end
to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member
forever
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom) / don't start sth you can't handle
to spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)
to eat three square meals a day and do no work (idiom) / to be sated with food and remain idle
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
Zhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
Zhongnan Mountains, near Xi'an / also known as the Taiyi Mountains
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career / easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
Final Fantasy (video game)