兰因絮果

lán yīn xù guǒ

starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)

兰

lán

abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

因

yīn

old variant of 因[yin1]

絮

xù

cotton wadding

果

guǒ

variant of 果[guo3]