The road is high and the devil is heavy
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d à og à om ó zh à ng, which means to describe powerful magic power. From Tao Mu's Qixi and Zhenglu still use zhengziyun.
The idiom comes from Tao Mu's Qixi and Zhenglu still use zhengziyun: "the road is high, the devil repels malaria, the sea is dry, the mulberry is dry, and the road is not smooth."
The road is high and the devil is heavy
Failure is on the verge of success - bài yú chuí chéng
assemble workmen and procure materials - jiū gōng pǐ cái
reconcile oneself to one's situation - suí yù ér ān
so poor as to have no room to stick an awl on - sheng wu li zhui