站在半路,比走到目標更辛苦。

Only going half way is more painful than continuing on to your goal.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 zhàn
  1. station
  2. to stand
  3. to halt
  4. to stop
  5. branch of a company or organization
  6. website
2 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
3 半路 bàn
  1. halfway
  2. midway
  3. on the way
=4
  1. Belgium
  2. Belgian
  3. abbr. for 比利時 shí
=4 euphemistic variant of
=4
  1. to compare
  2. (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  3. ratio
  4. to gesture
  5. (Taiwan pr. in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
  4. used in 師比师比 (shīpí, “ancient belt hook”)
  5. used in 比蒲 (“placename”)
  6. used in 皋比 (gāopí, “tiger skin”)
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) close; near
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) dense; closely packed
  3. close; near
  4. dense; closely packed
=4
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
  2. alternative form of (pǐ, “to have; to possess”)
5 zǒu
  1. to walk
  2. to go
  3. to run
  4. to move (of vehicle)
  5. to visit
  6. to leave
  7. to go away
  8. to die (euph.)
  9. from
  10. through
  11. away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走 chèzǒu)
  12. to change (shape, form, meaning)
6 dào
  1. to reach; to arrive
  2. to leave for; to go to
  3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
  4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
  5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough
7 目標 biāo
  1. target
  2. goal
  3. objective

classifier:

=8 gēng
  1. to change or replace
  2. to experience
  3. one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
=8 gèng
  1. more
  2. even more
  3. further
  4. still
  5. still more
9 辛苦 xīn
  1. exhausting
  2. hard
  3. tough
  4. arduous
  5. to work hard
  6. to go to a lot of trouble
  7. hardship(s)