三天打魚,兩天曬網
See also: 三天打鱼,两天晒网
Chinese
three day; sky; heaven to catch fish; to fish both; two; ounce; some; a few; taelday; sky; heaven to sun net; network trad. (三天打魚,兩天曬網) 三 天 打魚 , 兩 天 曬 網 simp. (三天打鱼,两天晒网) 三 天 打鱼 , 两 天 晒 网 alternative forms 三日打魚,兩日曬網/三日打鱼,两日晒网
五日打魚,十日曬網/五日打鱼,十日晒网Literally: “to fish for three days and dry the net for two”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
三天打魚,兩天曬網
- (figuratively) to fail to perservere in something; to be unwilling or too lazy to concentrate
Synonyms
- 一暴十寒 (yīpùshíhán)