万事开头难

Wànshì kāitóu nán

— All things are difficult at the beginning —

HSK 3 · Lesson 6

All things are difficult at the beginning

The Chinese saying "万事开头难": all beginnings are hard — early difficulty is normal, and if you keep going it only gets easier.

“万事开头难”的意思是做什么事情，开始的时候都比较难。

这句话告诉我们，开始的时候遇到困难是正常的，不要因此放弃，要坚持下去，以后会越做越容易，越来越好。