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行百里者半九十

xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí

7-character word

What 行百里者半九十 means

1. lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
2. fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
3. a task is not done until it's done

The characters in 行百里者半九十

• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete
• 九jiǔnine; 9
• 十shíten; 10