一口吃不成胖子

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Dictionary entry

lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)

What does 一口吃不成胖子 mean?

一口吃不成胖子 (yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)

2fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence

Character breakdown

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一yīone · single 口kǒumouth · classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]胖pánhealthy · at ease 子zǐson · child

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一口吃不成胖子

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