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万事开头难

wàn shì kāi tóu nán

5-character word Traditional 萬事開頭難

What 万事开头难 means

1. every beginning is difficult (idiom)
2. getting started is always the hardest part

The characters in 万事开头难

• 万wànten thousand; a great number
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty

Example sentences

• 万事开头难。
  Wàn shì kāitóu nán.
  The first step is the hardest.