人间万事出艰辛

人間萬事出艱辛
rénjiānwànshìchūjiānxīn
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 everything worthwhile in this world comes from hardship
  2. 2 nothing in human life is accomplished without struggle
  3. 3 achievement is born of toil

Examples

Tā cháng tíxǐng xuésheng: rénjiān wànshì chū jiānxīn, méiyǒu jiéjìng kě zǒu.
He often reminded his students: everything in this world comes from hard work; there are no shortcuts.
Huíwàng chuàngyè zhè shí nián, zhēn kě wèi rénjiān wànshì chū jiānxīn.
Looking back on these ten years of building the business, one can truly say that nothing worthwhile comes without hardship.

Tips

history
From the Southern Song poet Zhang Lei () in 《》: 人间万事艰辛 — 'everything in the world is won through hardship; the older I grow, the more I see that life has limits.' The first line entered proverbial use as a motto for perseverance.

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