行船最怕顶头风行船最怕頂頭風行船最怕頂頭風

when sailing a boat, what you fear most is a headwind

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: What people dread most when working is meeting strong resistance or obstruction. Said sympathetically about obstacles.

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Simplified: 行船最怕顶头风
Traditional (Taiwan): 行船最怕頂頭風
Pinyin: xíngchuán zuì pà dǐngtóufēng
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄊㄡˊ ㄈㄥ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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