三天打魚，兩天曬網
sān​tiān​dǎ​yú​liǎng​tiān​shài​wǎng

to work in fits and starts

  • created sense approved 三天打鱼，两天晒网/三天打魚，兩天曬網 · sān​tiān​dǎ​yú​liǎng​tiān​shài​wǎng · to work in fits and starts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三天打鱼，两天晒网 / 三天打魚，兩天曬網

    sān​tiān​dǎ​yú​liǎng​tiān​shài​wǎng

    to work in fits and starts

    Literally "to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days"; describes a lack of perseverance or consistency in one's work or studies.

    三 (literal) → 三 · sān · three 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · day 打鱼 (literal) → 打鱼/打魚 · dǎ​yú · to fish ， (non_chinese) 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · day 晒 (literal) → 晒 · shài · to bask in the sun 网 (literal) → 网/網 · wǎng · net

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

    created sense