"хорошее начало полдела откачало" meaning in Russian

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"a good beginning has pumped out half the job (already)\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "proverb",
        "head": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло"
      },
      "expansion": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло • (xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a good beginning makes a good ending (good beginnings promise a good end); well begun is half done (much depends on the beginning of an endeavour)"
      ],
      "id": "en-хорошее_начало_полдела_откачало-ru-proverb-rR2~57pO",
      "links": [
        [
          "a good beginning makes a good ending",
          "a good beginning makes a good ending#English"
        ],
        [
          "well begun is half done",
          "well begun is half done#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xɐˈroʂɨje nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə pɐɫˈdʲeɫə ɐtkɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "хорошее начало полдела откачало"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"a good beginning has pumped out half the job (already)\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "proverb",
        "head": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло"
      },
      "expansion": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло • (xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian lemmas",
        "Russian multiword terms",
        "Russian proverbs",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a good beginning makes a good ending (good beginnings promise a good end); well begun is half done (much depends on the beginning of an endeavour)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "a good beginning makes a good ending",
          "a good beginning makes a good ending#English"
        ],
        [
          "well begun is half done",
          "well begun is half done#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xɐˈroʂɨje nɐˈt͡ɕaɫə pɐɫˈdʲeɫə ɐtkɐˈt͡ɕaɫə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "хорошее начало полдела откачало"
}