vạn sự khởi đầu nan

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 萬事起頭難.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vaːn˧˨ʔ sɨ˧˨ʔ xəːj˧˩ ʔɗəw˨˩ naːn˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ kʰəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩ naːŋ˧˧] ~ [vaːŋ˨˩ʔ sɨ˨˩ʔ xəːj˧˨ ʔɗəw˦˩ naːŋ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [vaːŋ˨˩˨ ʂɨ˨˩˨ kʰəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩ naːŋ˧˧] ~ [jaːŋ˨˩˨ sɨ˨˩˨ xəːj˨˩˦ ʔɗəw˨˩ naːŋ˧˧]

Proverb

vạn sự khởi đầu nan

  1. getting started is the hardest part
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