Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

一朝一夕

yīzhāoyīxì

ㄧ ㄓㄠ ㄧ ㄒㄧˋ

  1. 1lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3overnight
Example

英語不是一朝一夕就能學會的。

Yīngyǔ búshì yìzhāoyíxì jiù néng xuéhuì de

English cannot be mastered overnight.

Keep 一朝一夕 and it comes back until you know it.

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