Bǎidù, bǎi dào jiāngbiān; zào tǎ, zào dào tǎ jiān.

擺渡擺到江邊, 造塔造到塔尖。

Lit [If you] ferry [people], ferry [them] to the [opposite] river bank; [if you] build a pagoda, build [it up] to the top.

Fig If you do anything (for others), do it thoroughly.

Note [Rhyme; see also bāng rén, bāng dàodǐ and sòng Fó, sòng dào Xī below.]

Topics CONDUCT rhyme THOROUGHNESS