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Definition(s) for: 冰冻三尺非一日之寒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
冰 bīng- ice
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to chill sth
- (of an object or substance) to feel cold
- (of a person) cold
- unfriendly
- (slang) methamphetamine
冰 bīng- variant of 冰[bing1]
冻 dòng- to freeze
- to feel very cold
- aspic or jelly
三 sān- surname San
三 sān- three
- 3
尺 chě- one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
尺 chǐ- a Chinese foot
- one-third of a meter
- a ruler
- a tape-measure
- one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
- CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
非 fēi- abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
非 fēi- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
- to reproach; to blame
- (coll.) to insist on; simply must
一 yī- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
日 rì- abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
日 rì- sun
- day
- date, day of the month
之 zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
寒 hán- cold
- poor
- to tremble

Other Words Containing 冰冻三尺非一日之寒

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