founding an enterprise and ensuring its lasting success
A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) that pairs the difficulty of starting a business with the challenge of sustaining it. Often used in business or historical contexts to emphasize that both creation and preservation are essential.
We must not forget the spirit of both founding an enterprise and ensuring its lasting success.
He spoke of the difficulty of starting a business and carrying it to lasting success.
創業 refers specifically to starting a business or enterprise, while 創業守成 encompasses both founding and sustaining it.
守成 means preserving or maintaining what has been established; 創業守成 combines this with the act of founding.
A yojijukugo composed of 創業 (starting an enterprise) and 守成 (maintaining success). The exact historical origin is uncertain, but it reflects a classical Chinese-derived concept of balancing creation and preservation.