好事多磨 (hǎo shì duō mó) | Meaning: the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

calligraphic flourish with many twists · fig. many twists and turns一波三折yī bō sān zhé

(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly节外生枝jié wài shēng zhī

a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)好梦难成hǎo mèng nán chéng

unfavorable · disadvantageous · harmful · detrimental不利bù lì

to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)横生枝节héng shēng zhī jié

a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)好景不长hǎo jǐng bù cháng

the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)