非一日之功

非
一
日
之
功
lit. cannot be done in one day (idiom) / fig. will take much time and effort to accomplish

Characters and words in 非一日之功

非
fe̅i = f + ei1
abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
非
fe̅i = f + ei1
to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must
非 = 三 + 丿 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a negative film (photography).

Frankenstein's monster (f) made an effort to photograph the Eiffel Tower (ei1), but now his negative (非) is a big mess. In front of the tower he set up a camera on a Cartesian coordinate system (三) as a tripod, and he attached a banana (丿) and a dinosaur bone (丨) to the camera so that he can finely tune the angles. All was for naught as he now holds the messed up negative in his hands.
一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
日
rì = r + Ø4
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
日
rì = r + Ø4
sun / day / date, day of the month
日 = 囗 + 一 : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).
之
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
之 = 丶 + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
功
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)
功 = 力 + 工 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) practices her Kung Fu skills (功) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a sparring robot made out of steel beams (工). The robot is programmed to fight Kung Fu (功), but Gitta Giraffe's Kung Fu is better: she hits the robots power button (力) and turns it off.

Words with 非一日之功

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Sentences with 非一日之功

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