行百里者半于九十

行百里者半於九十
xíngbǎilǐzhěbànyújiǔshí

alternative form of 行百里者半九十 (xíng bǎilǐ zhě bàn jiǔshí, “Things become more difficult when we approach closer to success”)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 行 háng
  1. (bound form) row; line
  2. (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
  3. (bound form) commercial firm
  4. (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  5. (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
  6. classifier for rows or lines
=1 行 héng used in 道行 dàohéng
=1 行 xíng
  1. (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
  2. (literary) trip; journey; visit
  3. (bound form) temporary; makeshift
  4. (bound form) current; in circulation
  5. (bound form) to do; to perform
  6. capable; competent
  7. all right; OK!; will do
  8. behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng)
  9. (literary) about to; soon
=1 行 hàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
  2. order; rank
  3. used in 樹行子／树行子 (“row of trees”)
  4. used in 行行 (“bold; staunch; strong”)
=2 百里 Bǎilǐ two-character surname Baili
=2 百里 bǎilǐ
  1. (literally) a hundred li (an ancient Chinese length unit)
  2. (literary, figurative) long distance
  3. a hundred li (an ancient Chinese length unit)
  4. a surname
  5. long distance
3 者 zhě
  1. (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
  2. (after a noun) person involved in ...
  3. -er
  4. -ist
  5. (used after a number or 后 hòu or 前 qián to refer to sth mentioned previously)
  6. (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term)
  7. (old) (used at the end of a command)
  8. (old) this
4 半 bàn
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half
=5 于 Yú surname Yu
=5 于 yú
  1. to go
  2. to take
  3. sentence-final interrogative particle
  4. variant of 于 yú
=5 于 yú
  1. (of time or place) in; at; on
  2. (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  3. (indicating a source) from; out of
  4. (used in comparison) than
  5. (used in the passive voice) by
6 九十 jiǔshí ninety