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萬事起頭難
  maan6 si6 hei2 tau4 naan4   jyutping
  wan4 shi4 qi3 tou2 nan2   pinyin
everything is difficult in its beginning stages; the first step is always the hardest [syn.]萬事開頭難

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
萬事起頭難 / 万事起头难

This word has been viewed 1429 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 12th Feb 2014 03:33 and last edited on 12th Feb 2014 03:39
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Characters in this word:

 maan6  -  ten thousand; innumerable
 si6  -  matter; affair; job; work; accident
 hei2  -  rise; stand up; begin; build; remove; draft
 tau4  -  head; first; chief
 naan4 naan6  -  difficult; unpleasant; calamity; blame
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