万事起头难
wàn​shì​qǐ​tóu​nán

the first step is the hardest

  • created sense approved 万事起头难/萬事起頭難 · wàn​shì​qǐ​tóu​nán · the first step is the hardest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    万事起头难 / 萬事起頭難

    wàn​shì​qǐ​tóu​nán

    the first step is the hardest

    (saying) any endeavor is most difficult at its beginning; everything is hard in the beginning

    万事 (literal) → 万事/萬事 · wàn​shì · everything 起头 (literal) → 起头/起頭 · qǐ​tóu · to start 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult

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    created sense