开头马虎,半路费工 開頭馬虎,半路費工 開頭馬虎,半路費工

sloppy at the start, extra work halfway

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Carelessness at the beginning of a task causes trouble and extra effort later.
Simplified
开头马虎,半路费工
Traditional (Taiwan)
開頭馬虎,半路費工
Pinyin
kāitóu mǎhu, bànlù fèigōng
Bopomofo
ㄎㄞ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄚˇ ˙ㄏㄨ,ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄨˋ ㄈㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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