冰凍三尺,非一日之寒
See also: 冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
Chinese
to freeze; ice | three | a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler a Chinese foot (M); one-third of a metre; a ruler; a note musical note on traditional Chinese scale |
(be) not; wrong; blame (be) not; wrong; blame; Africa |
one day; another day in the future | 's; him/her/it; this | cold; poor; to tremble | |||
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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
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄙㄢ ㄔˇ , ㄈㄟ ㄧ ㄖˋ ㄓ ㄏㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bingdòng san chǐh, fei yirìh jhih hán
- Wade–Giles: ping1-tung4 san1 chʻih3, fei1 i1-jih4 chih1 han2
- Yale: bīng-dùng sān chř-, fēi yī-r̀ jr̄ hán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bingdonq san chyy, fei iryh jy harn
- Palladius: биндун сань чи, фэй ижи чжи хань (bindun sanʹ či, fɛj iži čži xanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /piŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹ sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xän³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ³³ saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛːk̚³ fei̯⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ jɐt̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ hɔːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
- Rome wasn't built in a day.
- One can not become an expert in a difficult subject overnight.
- 拼命地打怪,升級,可是,好漫長。唉,冰凍三尺非一日之寒。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2004, Feng Wuyu (风无语), 仙侣幻梦
- Pīnmìng de dǎguài, shēngjí, kěshì, hǎo màncháng. Āi, bīngdòng 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.
拼命地打怪,升级,可是,好漫长。唉,冰冻三尺非一日之寒。 [MSC, simp.]
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