万事开头难

every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number

all things

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

beginning / to start

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold