好事多磨

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Chinese[edit]

good thing; happy event; joyous occasion
 
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay
grindstone; to sharpen; to delay; hardship; to grind; to rub
trad. (好事多磨) 好事
simp. #(好事多磨) 好事
alternative forms 好事多魔 obsolete
Literally: “good thing much grinding”.

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好事多磨

  1. the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks