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一朝一夕

yī zhāo yī xī

4-character word

What 一朝一夕 means

1. lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
2. fig. in a short period of time
3. overnight

The characters in 一朝一夕

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 朝zhāomorning
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì

Example sentences

• 英语不是一朝一夕就能学会的。
  Yīngyǔ bù shì yīzhāoyīxī jiù néng xuéhuì de.
  English cannot be mastered overnight.
• 学习语言永远不是一朝一夕的事。
  Xuéxí yǔyán yǒngyuǎn bù shì yīzhāo-yīxī de shì.
  Whatever language you study, it takes time.