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行百里者半九十

xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí · xing bai li zhe ban jiu shi

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lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
a task is not done until it's done

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