三天打鱼，两天晒网
三天打鱼，两天晒网
sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb); fig. not to persevere in doing sth; to do sth by fits and starts
verb
Traditional: 三天打魚，兩天曬網
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- (verb) lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)
- fig. not to persevere in doing sth
- to do sth by fits and starts
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Related Words
三天不打，上房揭瓦(sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ)· three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
→三天两头(sān tiān liǎng tóu)· lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
→三九天(sān jiǔ tiān)· the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed to be the coldest days of the year
→三旬九食(sān xún jiǔ shí)· lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
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