The last leg of a journey marks the halfway point.(xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí)

The last leg of a journey marks the halfway point.

It comes from the Western Han Dynasty's Liu Xiang's "Warring States policy, Qin policy 5, calling the king of Qin": "the poem says:" half a hundred miles is more than ninety. " This is the last word. " It means: a hundred miles' journey is only half the way to the beginning. It means that the closer you get to success, the more difficult it is.

Detailed explanation

A hundred Li journey is only half the way to 90 Li. It means the closer to success, the more difficult it is and the more serious it is. It is often used to encourage people to do things well from beginning to end.

Examples

On March 14, 2010, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council met with Chinese and foreign journalists at the Great Hall of the people in Beijing and answered their questions. He said, "in the next few years, the road will still be uneven and even full of thorns, but we should remember such an old saying: half a hundred miles is more than ninety. There should be no relaxation, paralysis or vacillation. " In May 4th of 2013, Xi Jinping spoke at the seminar with outstanding youth representatives from all walks of life. The closer we are to the goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the more we should not slacken off, redouble our efforts, and mobilize the youth to fight for it. Bell, the inventor of the telephone, just turned a knob a few more times in a physics experiment, and an invention that changed the world was born. Before that, Edison and many scientists thought that telephone was not feasible and gave up the experiment. The meaning of the idiom can be understood literally, "half of a hundred miles is more than ninety", which means that a hundred miles is only half of a hundred miles; the deeper meaning is that the nearer the situation is, the more difficult and crucial it is to finish. Many people are always ambitious and ambitious at the beginning, but as time goes on, they gradually lose motivation, perseverance and determination. At the end of the day, it's a snap. has been included in the Beijing examination instructions

english

1.Thegoingistoughesttowardstheendofajourney. 2.Onemustsustainone'seffortwhenataskisnearingcompletion. 3.Thelastpartofanendeavoristhehardesttofinish. 4.Thelastlegofajourneymarksthehalfwaypoint。

Chinese PinYin : xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí