1. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Interpretation: A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. It is a metaphor that things are started from scratch and carried out step by step. No matter how difficult things are, as long as you persist in taking action, you will succeed.

Origin: Its stability is easy to hold, its lack of omen is easy to plan; its brittleness is easy to collapse, its slightness is easy to scatter. Do it before it exists, and fix it before it is in chaos. The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest grain; the nine-story platform starts from the base of the earth; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Selected from "Laozi·Taodejing·Chapter 64"

(How easy is it to take him? They have no easy plan; his fragility is easy to melt, which is easy to scatter. Why is he so easy to take without , study the meaning of peace. The thick wood that hugs each other grows from the ground as thin as a needle; the nine-story high platform starts from the base of the earth; the journey of a thousand miles is made step by step)

Story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous philosopher Laozi put forward the idea of ??being prudent and prudent and consistent in the beginning based on the laws of development of things. He advocated that problems should be dealt with before they happen. The country should be governed before it is in chaos. The big trees that hug each other are grown from tiny saplings, the nine-story high platform is made of baskets of soil, and the journey of thousands of miles starts from the feet.

2. The nine-story platform starts from tired soil.

Explanation: The nine-story high platform was piled up starting from a basket of soil. It shows the importance of careful accumulation and pragmatism, and inspires people to take positive actions in a down-to-earth manner.

Source: Chapter 64 of "Laozi" by Li Er in the Spring and Autumn Period: "The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest millimeter; the nine-story platform starts from tired soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." (A nine-story high platform is built from a basket of soil. A journey of a thousand miles is made step by step.) Introduction: Doing things must start from the basics, and only through gradual accumulation can you achieve something.

3. Tall buildings rise from the ground.

Interpretation: It means that no matter how tall a building is, it must be built from flat ground, and the foundation must be laid firmly. It is also a metaphor for things coming from nothing.

Source: "Coral Island": "Tall buildings rise from the ground, and the 'apartments' of coral polyps are fixed on the seabed."

4. Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you are willing to climb.

Interpretation: It means that everything is difficult at the beginning. Example: Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you are willing to climb.

From: Bai Yu's "Three Hundred Poems": The earth spins and the sky spins, and everything is difficult to get started. Dou Shuang has been proud of the snow for twenty years, but his sword spirit is still cold. How many failures and successes have there been in the military life? Take a look at the vast world, and the sea and sky are still vast. (The earth spins and the sky spins, everything is difficult at the beginning. After twenty years of fighting against the frost and the snow, the majestic sword spirit is still cold. The army has been in a daze for a lifetime, how many failures and successes have it? Please look at the vast world, the sea and the sky are still as broad as before.)

Example sentences: (1) Everything is difficult at the beginning, but this is also the motivation for us to move forward.

(2) Everything is difficult at the beginning, but we also understand that a good beginning is half the battle!

(3) Everything is difficult at the beginning! Indeed, at the beginning of something, many knowable and unknowable problems and difficulties lie in front of us, making us confused.

5. A year’s plan begins in spring, and a day’s plan begins in the morning.

Interpretation: The plan for a year lies in spring. This sentence is an experience summed up by the Chinese working people in thousands of years of production practice. It emphasizes the importance of spring in the four seasons of the year. Location. It means that plans for the year should be considered in spring. It means that you should plan everything in advance and hurry up at the beginning.

A day's plan begins in the morning, telling people to cherish time. The morning should indeed be the time when we are most energetic, because after a night of rest and adjustment, we should be in the best state, full of hope and confidence in what we will do in the next day. The past day has passed and has come to an end.

Source: "The Analects of Women" by sisters Ruoxin and Song Ruozhao of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty: "A year's plan depends only on spring. A day's plan depends only on Yin." (To make) a year's plan, only In the spring. One day plan, only on the day.

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