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冰冻三尺非一日之寒

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俗话说冰冻三尺非一日之寒
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真可谓冰冻三尺非一日之寒
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真是冰冻三尺非一日之寒
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这可是冰冻三尺非一日之寒

Definition

冰冻三尺,非一日之寒:

Literally means:

it takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three Chi deep

rome was not built in one day

Actually means:

It means that the three-chi-thick ice is not frozen within one cold day.

It figuratively means that the current situation is attributed to the gradual accumulation of certain factors.

It can be used in both commendatory and derogatory sense. In the former case, it means that the success was hard to obtain; in the latter case, it means that it is not easy to change or eliminate the bad conditions.

三尺厚的冰,不是一时的寒冷冻成的。

比喻某种情况的形成有个逐步积累的过程,或是某些 因素长期积累的结果。

可指好的事情或不好的事情。暗示好的情况是长期努力取得的;或者暗示不好的情况要改变或消除并不是很容易。

Example

Used as a minor sentence or as object. (作小句、宾语)
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Bīngdòngsānchěfēizhīhán
冰冻三尺非一日之寒
  
,
xiāochú
消除
pínkùn
贫困
shì
shìjiè
世界
guó
各国
miànlín
面临
de
xiàng
cháng
长期
jiān
艰巨
de
rènwu
任务
  

Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, poverty eradication is a long-term and arduous task facing all countries in the world.

2
men
他们
biǎoyǎn
表演
de
zhème
这么
chū
出色
shi
ǒurán
偶然
de
  
,
zhè
shì
可是
bīngdòngsānchěfēizhīhán
冰冻三尺非一日之寒
  
,
shì
men
他们
duō
nián
lái
duàn
不断
努力
de
jiēguǒ
结果
  

It's no accident that they performed so well, it's not a day's cold, it's the result of their constant efforts over the years.

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Bīngdòngsānchěfēizhīhán
冰冻三尺非一日之寒
  
,
de
bìng
shì
cháng
长期
láo
疲劳
zàochéng
造成
de
  
,
jiùshì
就是
men
我们
cháng
shuō
de
láochéng
积劳成疾
  

Frozen three feet is not a day's cold, his illness is caused by long-term fatigue, that is, we often say "accumulation into disease."