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Open the tool →好事多悭 (hǎo shì duō qiān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Good things often encounter difficulties or are hard to achieve”.
好事多悭 is pronounced hǎo shì duō qiān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 好事多悭 means “Good things often are scarce or difficult”. It is used to mean “Good things often encounter difficulties or are hard to achieve”.
犹言好事多磨。