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非一日之功

Mandarin · pinyin fēi yī rì zhī gōng

lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom)
fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish

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非: fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
日: rì · sun; day; daytime
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
功: gōng · achievement, merit, good result

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1–1–4–1–1 · fei1 yi1 ri4 zhi1 gong1

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