yī​pù​shí​hán

to work by fits and starts

  • created reference approved 一暴十寒 → 一曝十寒 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一暴十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

    一曝十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 一暴十寒 → 锲而不舍/鍥而不捨 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一暴十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

    锲而不舍 / 鍥而不捨 qiè'ér​bù​shě

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created reference approved 一暴十寒 → 持之以恒/持之以恆 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一暴十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

    持之以恒 / 持之以恆 chí​zhī​yǐ​héng

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 一暴十寒 · yī​pù​shí​hán · to work by fits and starts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一暴十寒

    yī​pù​shí​hán

    to work by fits and starts

    Describes a person who lacks perseverance and frequently interrupts their work, like exposing a plant to the sun for one day and then leaving it in the cold for ten.

    yí​pù​shí​hán

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 暴 (literal) → 暴 · pù · to sun 十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 寒 (literal) → 寒 · hán · to stop

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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