冰凍三尺，非一日之寒

Chinese
ice to freeze three
 
a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a meter; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale
 
(be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 's; him/her/it; this cold; poor; to tremble
trad. (冰凍三尺，非一日之寒) 冰 凍 三 尺 ， 非 一 日 之 寒
simp. (冰冻三尺，非一日之寒) 冰 冻 三 尺 ， 非 一 日 之 寒
Literally: “three feet of ice is not the result of one cold day”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yī rì zhī hán
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ, ㄈㄟ ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄏㄢˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bing1 dung3 saam1 cek3, fei1 jat1 jat6 zi1 hon4
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yī rì zhī hán [Phonetic: bīng dòng sān chǐ, fēi yí rì zhī hán]
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ, ㄈㄟ ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄏㄢˊ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing donq san chyy, fei i ryh jy harn
      • IPA (key): /piŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xän³⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: bing1 dung3 saam1 cek3, fei1 jat1 jat6 zi1 hon4
      • Yale: bīng dung sāam chek, fēi yāt yaht jī hòhn
      • Cantonese Pinyin: bing1 dung3 saam1 tsek8, fei1 jat7 jat9 dzi1 hon4
      • Guangdong Romanization: bing1 dung3 sam1 cég3, féi1 yed1 yed6 ji1 hon4
      • IPA (key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³ säːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ fei̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹/

Proverb

冰凍三尺，非一日之寒

  1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
  2. One can not become an expert in a difficult subject overnight.
    • 拼命地打怪，升級，可是，好漫長埃哎，冰凍三尺非一日之寒。 [MSC, trad.]
      拼命地打怪，升级，可是，好漫长埃哎，冰冻三尺非一日之寒。 [MSC, simp.]
      From: 2004, Feng Wuyu (风无语), 仙侣幻梦
      Pīnmìng de dǎguài, shēngjí, kěshì, hǎo màncháng āi'āi, bīng dòng sān chǐ fēi yī rì zhī hán. [Pinyin]
      I risked life and limb to defeat the monsters, levelling up, but, it seemed like it was taking forever. Well, no one can become an expert overnight.
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