不到长城非好汉 (不到長城非好漢) bùdào chángchéng fēi hǎohàn

bùdào chángchéng fēi hǎohàn phrase we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: To get over difficulties before reaching the goal; from 清平乐 六盘山 Pure Serene Music: Spiral Mountain (Mao Zedong 2020, Illustrated Poems of Mao Zedong, trans. by Xu Yuanchon, p. loc. 504; CC-CEDICT '不到長城非好漢')