xíng​bǎi​lǐ​zhě​bàn​jiǔ​shí

the last bit of a task is the hardest

Senses

行百里者半九十 xíng​bǎi​lǐ​zhě​bàn​jiǔ​shí the last bit of a task is the hardest

literally meaning that ninety is only halfway on a hundred-mile journey; used as a metaphor to describe how a task becomes more difficult as it nears completion, or to encourage someone to persist until the very end

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