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Start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
一個良好的開端是成功的一半 /一个良好的开端是成功的一半
(yī gè liánghǎo de kāiduān shì chénggōng de yībàn)
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Finnish:
alku hyvin, loppu hyvin
— good beginnings promise a good end
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French:
bien commencer amène à bien terminer
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Italian:
chi ben comincia è a metà dell'opera
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Japanese:
始め良ければ終わり良し
(hajime yokereba owari yoshi)
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Korean:
시작이 반이다.
(sijagi banida.)
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Persian:
خشت اول چون نهد معمار کج تا ثریا میرود دیوار کج
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Romanian:
ziua bună se cunoaște de dimineață
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Russian:
хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло
(xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo)
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Spanish:
lo que bien empieza bien acaba
— good beginnings promise a good end
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Spanish:
quien bien empieza bien acaba
— good beginnings promise a good end