Lingaku- lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
- fig. any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
Generated definitions (experimental)
- any significant achievement requires time, effort and persistence
This phrase emphasizes that important accomplishments take time to achieve and cannot be rushed. It suggests that patience and consistent effort are crucial for success.
zuò做yī一gě个Chéng gōng成功de的chuàng yè zhě创业者，yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi一口吃不成胖子，xū yào需要bù duàn不断nǔ lì努力。
To become a successful entrepreneur, you cannot achieve it overnight; it requires continuous effort.
Learning a new language is not something you can do all at once; you must practice every day.
Generated collocations (experimental)
yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi一口吃不成胖子you cannot get fat with only one mouthfulmàn慢gōng工chū出xì细huó活slow work yields fine productsChéng成dà大shì事zhě者xū需nài xīn耐心to achieve great things, one must have patiencejí yú qiú chéng急于求成to be eager for quick successyī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn一步一个脚印to advance step by stephòu jī bó fā厚积薄发accumulating for a long time leads to sudden successxún xù jiàn jìn循序渐进to progress graduallydiǎn dī点滴jī lěi积累to accumulate little by littlejiān chí bù xiè坚持不懈to persevere without giving upjiǔ ér jiǔ zhī久而久之over time