萬事起頭難 wàn shì qǐ tóu nán

DEFINITIONS

  1. the first step is the hardest (idiom)

CHARACTERS

萬 wàn ten thousand; innumerable
事 shì affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
起 qǐ rise, stand up; go up; begin
頭 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss
難 nán difficult, arduous, hard; unable