Word Meaning 創業は易く守成は難し

そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし sougyou ha yasukushusei ha katashi

創業は易く守成は難し is read as そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし (sougyou ha yasukushusei ha katashi) and means it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it.

Meaning

English

it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it

Reading

Kana

そうぎょうはやすくしゅせいはかたし

Romaji

sougyou ha yasukushusei ha katashi

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 71 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Proverb ✓ Rank 62918 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

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創業守成

そうぎょうしゅせい

starting an enterprise and (or) carrying it to final success

少年老い易く学成り難し

しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし

study hard while you are young

光産業創成大学院大学

ひかりさんぎょうそうせいだいがくいんだいがく

The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries

創業

そうぎょう

establishment (of a business)

創業地

そうぎょうち

birthplace (of a company or business)

創成期

そうせいき

initial stage

創意工夫育成功労学校賞

そういくふういくせいこうろうがっこうしょう

Prize to Schools for Nurturing Creativity

創業費

そうぎょうひ

initial expenses

創成

そうせい

creation

創業者

そうぎょうしゃ

founder (of a company)

山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難し

さんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたし

it's hard to discipline one's mind

言うは易く行うは難し

いうはやすくおこなうはかたし

it's easier said than done