yī​pù​shí​hán

to work by fits and starts

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

    一曝十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

    一暴十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

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

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  • created reference approved 一曝十寒 → 孟子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一曝十寒 yī​pù​shí​hán

    孟子 mèng​zǐ

    see

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  • created sense approved 一曝十寒 · yī​pù​shí​hán · to work by fits and starts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一曝十寒

    yī​pù​shí​hán

    to work by fits and starts

    (idiom) to lack sticking power or persistence; to work hard for a day and then neglect the task for many more. This phrase originally comes from the philosopher [[孟子|孟子|meng4 zi3]], referring to a plant that cannot grow if it is given one day of sun followed by ten days of frost.

    yí​pù​shí​hán

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 曝 (literal) → 曝 · 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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