three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
trad. 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒
Also written 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒【bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán】
Characters in this word
9冰
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ice, CL:塊|块[kuai4], to chill sth, (of an object or substance) to feel cold, (of a person) cold, unfriendly, (slang) methamphetamine
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3839 of 2500
冻
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to freeze, to feel very cold, aspic or jelly
- Pinyin
- dòng
- Traditional
- 凍
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 14079 of 2500
三
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surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
尺
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one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
- Pinyin
- chě
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4316 of 2500
非
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abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
- Pinyin
- Fēi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2078 of 2500
一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
日
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(bound form) sun, day, day of the month, (bound form) Japan (abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3]), (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex with
- Pinyin
- rì
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 723 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
寒
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cold, poor, to tremble
- Pinyin
- hán
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 37456 of 2500