冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
idiom
Traditional: 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒
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- (idiom) three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
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单(dān)· bill
→一日三秋(yī rì sān qiū)· a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
→一日不见，如隔三秋(yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū)· one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
→一板三眼(yī bǎn sān yǎn)· lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
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