冰玉
From Dragon
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Character
冰
- ice
- ice-cold
Proverbs and Idioms
冰凍三尺,非一日之寒 Literally: Three feet of ice is not the result of one cold day.
- Rome wasn't built in a day.
- One can not become an expert in a difficult subject overnight.
如履薄冰
- tread on thin ice; to skate over thin ice; to be very careful; to act with extreme caution
Character
玉
- jade, precious stone, gem
Proverbs and Idioms
書中自有顏如玉 Literally: A book holds a face as smooth as jade.
- If you study hard, you will be successful, and a beautiful woman will want to marry you.
拋磚引玉 Literally: to throw a brick and to get a piece of jade in return
- A self-deprecating way to express the idea of offering one's own relatively worthless words, opinions or services in order to solicit the more valued words, opinions or services of others.