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]