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上山容易下山难

/ shàng shān róng yì xià shān nán /
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你就不想想上山容易下山难
2
俗话说:上山容易下山难
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上山容易下山难,千万要小心

Definition

上山容易下山难

Literally means:

it is more difficult to go downhill than going uphill

Actually means:

it is hard to wind it up

It is more difficult to go downhill than going uphill, so you must be very careful.

Figuratively it means doing something is easy, but winding it up is difficult, or that once you start doing something, it is hard to stop it.

下山比上山难,必须格外小心。

也比喻做事比较容易,但收场就难了,或事情一经做起来便难以停下来。

Example

Often used as a minor sentence or as object. (作小句、宾语)
1
Shàngshān
上山
róng
容易
xiàshān
下山
nán
  
,
jīntiān
今天
zǒngsuàn
总算
qīnshēn
亲身
yàn
体验
dào
liǎo
  
Xiàshān
下山
de
shíhou
时候
yào
需要
bǎochí
保持
shēn
身体
pínghéng
平衡
  
,
fǒu
否则
róng
容易
diējiāo
跌跤
huò
huádǎo
滑倒
  

It's easy to go up and down the mountain, and I finally experienced it for myself today. You need to keep your body in balance when you go down the hill, otherwise you can easily fall or slip.

2
huàshuō
俗话说
  
,
shàngshān
上山
róng
容易
xiàshān
下山
nán
  
Gōngchǎng
工厂
bu
shì
xiǎng
guānmén
关门
jiù
néng
guān
de
  
,
hěnduō
很多
wèn
问题
dōu
yào
zuò
zhōu
周密
de
kǎo
考虑
  

As the saying goes, it's easy to go up and down the hill. The factory is not closed if you want to close it, a lot of problems have to be carefully considered.

3
suīrán
虽然
yǒu
hūn
离婚
de
niàntou
念头
  
,
què
xià
le
juéxīn
决心
  
Yīnwèi
因为
shàngshān
上山
róng
容易
xiàshān
下山
nán
  
,
shòuliǎo
受不了
xiē
那些
zhēteng
折腾
  

Although he had the idea of divorce, he couldn't make up his mind. Because it's easy to get up and down the hill, he can't stand those tosses.