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Dictionary translations for "лиха беда , начало"

лиха беда , начало adverb

it is always hard to start a new thing

Contexts with "лиха беда , начало"

Страшна беда, пока не пришла. The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.

Не буди лиха, пока оно тихо. Let sleeping dogs lie.

Постепенно до неё начало доходить. She gradually began to understand.

Беда не приходит одна. Misfortunes never come singly.

На протяжении многих лет японское правительство использовало подход "не буди лиха, пока лихо спит" к территориальной полемике по поводу островов, игнорируя периодические провокации со стороны Китая (и Тайваня). For many years, Japanese governments have taken a "let-sleeping-dogs-lie" approach to territorial disputes over the islands, ignoring repeated provocations by China (and Taiwan).

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