冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
Traditional: 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒Dictionary entry
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
What does 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 mean?
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 (bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán) has the following dictionary meaning.
1three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
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冰bīngice · CL:塊|块[kuai4]冻dòngto freeze · to feel very cold三Sānsurname San尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]非Fēiabbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa一yīone · single日rì(bound form) sun · day之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him
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冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
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