| 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 |
| 冰 |
bīng |
ice / CL:块 / to chill sth / (of an object or substance) to feel cold / (of a person) cold / unfriendly / (slang) methamphetamine |
| 冰 |
bīng |
variant of 冰 |
| 冰冻 |
bīng dòng |
to freeze |
| 冻 |
dòng |
to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 尺 |
chě |
one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺谱 |
| 尺 |
chǐ |
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支,把 |
| 非 |
Fēi |
abbr. for 非洲, Africa |
| 非 |
fēi |
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
| 一 |
yī |
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 |
| 日 |
Rì |
abbr. for 日本, Japan |
| 日 |
rì |
sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 寒 |
hán |
cold / poor / to tremble |