时写时辍
shí​xiě​shí​chuò

to write in fits and starts

  1. 时 時 shí adverbverb
    sometimes
    used in the pattern "shí... shí..." to mean "sometimes... sometimes..." or "now..., now..."
  2. 写 寫 xiě verb
    to write
    to write; to compose or create literary works
  3. 时 時 shí adverbverb
    sometimes
    used in the pattern "shí... shí..." to mean "sometimes... sometimes..." or "now..., now..."
  4. 辍 輟 chuò verbnoun
    to stop
    (bound form) to stop before completion; to cease; to suspend; to drop out