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冰冻三尺，非一日之寒

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10-character word Traditional 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒

What 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒 means

1. three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day

The characters in 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒

• 冰bīngice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold
• 冻dòngto freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
• 三sānthree; 3
• 尺chǐa Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler
• 非fēito not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble

Example sentences

• 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
  Rome wasn't built in a day.