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bīng dòng sān chǐ
idiom. (for the river) to freeze three chi deep
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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bīng dòng sān chǐ fēi yí rì zhī hán
idiom. it takes more than one cold day for the river to freeze three chi deep - it takes time for things to develop into a certain state, Rome was not built in one day