yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi

一口吃不成胖子 (yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
  2. 2fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence

Characters in 一口吃不成胖子

一yī · one口kǒu · mouth吃chī · to eat; to consume不bù · no; not so成chéng · to succeed胖pán · healthy子zǐ · son

Related words

不no; not so一one一个a; an; one孩子child一起(in) the same place一样same吃to eat; to consume吃variant of 吃[chi1]一下(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try)一直straight (in a straight line)不过only一切everything

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