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万事起头难

wàn shì qǐ tóu nán

5-character word Traditional 萬事起頭難

What 万事起头难 means

1. the first step is the hardest (idiom)

The characters in 万事起头难

• 万wànten thousand; a great number
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty

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