一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
Pinyin

Definition

一步登天
 - 
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

哈，你才刚开始学，就想一步登天啊？这里有一些不平整，你拿海绵过来刷两下就会平整一些了，造型调整好以后，我再教你上色釉。
hā ，nǐ cái gāng kāishǐ xué ，jiù xiǎng yībùdēngtiān ā ？zhèlǐ yǒu yīxiē bù píngzhěng ，nǐ ná hǎimián guòlái shuā liǎng xià jiù huì píngzhěng yīxiē le ，zàoxíng tiáozhěng hǎo yǐhòu ，wǒ zài jiāo nǐ shàng sèyòu 。
Ha, you just started learning, you think Rome was built in a day? It’s a little uneven here. Take a sponge and rub it twice here and it will even out. After you’ve fixed the form, I’ll teach you how to apply the glaze.
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