冰凍三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ ,fēi yí rì zhī hán
Meaning:
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom);
Rome wasn't built in a day
(The idiom is typically used in negative constructions.)
冰凍:to freeze
三:three
尺:feet
非:not
一日:single day
之: possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的
寒:cold
所謂冰凍三尺,非一日之寒。今日感情的決裂,也不是一天兩天所造成的。
suǒ wèi bīng dòng sān chǐ ,fēi yí rì zhī hán 。jīn tiān găn qíng de jué liè ,yě bú shì yì tiān 、liăng tiān zào chéng de 。
會造成今天這樣,父子兩人彼此不說話,只能說是冰凍三尺,非一日之寒。
huì zào chéng jīn tiān zhè yàng ,fù zǐ liăng rén bǐ cǐ bù shuō huà ,zhǐ néng shuō shì bīng dòng sān chǐ ,fēi yí rì zhī hán 。
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