a very short time; overnight
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
one morning or one evening; a very short period of time
literaryOften used in negative constructions (e.g., 非一朝一夕之功) to emphasize that something requires long-term effort and cannot be achieved quickly.
Xué学
xí习
wài外
yǔ语
bù不
shì是
yī一
zhāo朝
yī一
xī夕
de的
shì事
。
Learning a foreign language is not something that can be done overnight.
Yào要
xiǎng想
qǔ取
dé得
chéng成
gōng功
，
fēi非
yī一
zhāo朝
yī一
xī夕
zhī之
gōng功
。
To achieve success requires more than just a short time and effort.
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Zhè这
zuò座
dà大
qiáo桥
de的
jiàn建
chéng成
jué绝
fēi非
yī一
zhāo朝
yī一
xī夕
zhī之
gōng功
。
The construction of this bridge was definitely not accomplished overnight.