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vạn sự khởi đầu nan

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start is hardest
proverb
start is hardest

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Meaning
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Sense 1 proverb
start is hardest

A proverb meaning that the beginning is always the most difficult part.

vi Đừng nản lòng khi gặp khó khăn, vì vạn sự khởi đầu nan.

en Don't be discouraged by difficulties, because the start is always the hardest.

Parts
Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 萬事起頭難 / 萬事起頭難
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 萬事起頭難

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
萬事起頭難
Candidates by syllable
vạn 萬 sự 事 khởi 起 đầu 頭 nan 難（𥸁）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
gian nan / từ nan / thuyền nan / nguy nan …
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Ends with this word

gian nan/từ nan/thuyền nan/nguy nan/quạt nan/nỏ nan

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