冰凍三尺，非一日之寒 [－冻－－－－－－－－]

Jyutping bing1 dung3 saam1 cek3 , fei1 jat1 jat6 zi1 hon4
Pinyin bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
    冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。
    bīng dòng sān chǐ ， fēi yī rì zhī hán 。
    • Rome wasn't built in a day.
    • Rome was not built in a day.