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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
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it



History:
4. A 2018-01-03 23:18:31  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"hard" and "even harder" made sense looking at daijr's 
definition, but looking at the actual wording of the proverb, 
the original gloss was better.
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>it is hard to start an enterprise but even harder to maintain it</gloss>
+<gloss>it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it</gloss>
3. A 2017-12-24 23:05:51  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2017-12-06 12:25:21  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
daijr: "新しく事業を起こすことも難しいが、その事業を維持し発展させ
るのはさらに難しい。"
  Diff:
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<misc>&id;</misc>
-<gloss>It is easy to start an enterprise but difficult to maintain it</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<gloss>it is hard to start an enterprise but even harder to maintain it</gloss>
1. A 2008-11-21 00:00:00 
  Comments:
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