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

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it is easy to start an enterprise but hard to maintain it(proverb)

創	genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
業	business, vocation, arts, performance
易	easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
守	guard, protect, defend, obey
成	turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
難	difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect