成立之难如登天，覆败之易如燎毛成立之難如登天，覆敗之易如燎毛成立之難如登天，覆敗之易如燎毛

Establishing is as hard as climbing to heaven; collapse is as easy as singeing hair

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Building up a business or household is very hard, while destroying it is very easy.

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Simplified: 成立之难如登天，覆败之易如燎毛
Traditional (Taiwan): 成立之難如登天，覆敗之易如燎毛
Pinyin: chénglì zhī nánrúdēngtiān, fùbài zhī yì rú liǎo Máo
Pinyin (Taiwan): chénglì zhī nánrúdēngtiān, fùbài zhī yì rú liáo Máo
Bopomofo: ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄓㄋㄢˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄉㄥㄊㄧㄢ，ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄧˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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