첫술에 배부르랴 (Cheotsure baebureurya)

Meaning: You can't expect full results from your first attempt.

Literally: Can the first spoonful fill you up?

Example: “한국어 공부 일주일 만에 유창할 수는 없지. 첫술에 배부르랴.” — You can't be fluent after one week of Korean: Rome wasn't built in a day.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and 5 more languages

English: Rome wasn't built in a day
French: Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour (literally: Rome was not made in a day)
Spanish: Roma no se construyó en un día (literally: Rome was not built in a day)
Japanese: ローマは一日にして成らず (Rōma wa ichinichi ni shite narazu) (literally: Rome was not built in one day)
German: Rom wurde nicht an einem Tag erbaut (literally: Rome was not built in one day)
Italian: Roma non fu fatta in un giorno (literally: Rome was not made in a day)
Portuguese: Roma e Pavia não se fizeram num dia (literally: Rome and Pavia weren't made in a day)
Dutch: Keulen en Aken zijn niet op één dag gebouwd (literally: Cologne and Aachen weren't built in one day)
Russian: Москва не сразу строилась (Moskva ne srazu stroilas') (literally: Moscow wasn't built all at once)
Polish: Nie od razu Kraków zbudowano (literally: Kraków wasn't built all at once)