一曝十寒

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to air; to sun	ten	cold; poor; to tremble
simp. and trad. (一曝十寒)		一	曝	十	寒
Literally: “one day's sun, ten days' frost”.

Etymology

From the book Mencius.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīpù-shíhán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄆㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīpù-shíhán [Phonetic: yípù-shíhán]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄆㄨˋ ㄕˊ ㄏㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yipùshíhhán
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-pʻu⁴-shih²-han²
  - Yale: yī-pù-shŕ-hán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ipuhshyrharn
  - Palladius: ипушихань (ipušixanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xän³⁵/

Idiom

一曝十寒

(figuratively) to work for a bit then skimp

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