三天打魚，兩天曬網

Chinese
three day; sky; heaven to catch fish; to fish
 
both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael
 day; 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

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sān tiān dǎ yú, liǎng tiān shài wǎng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˊ, ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄞˋ ㄨㄤˇ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: sān tiān dǎ yú, liǎng tiān shài wǎng
      • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˊ, ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄞˋ ㄨㄤˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san tian daa yu, leang tian shay woang
      • Tongyong Pinyin: san tian dǎ yú, liǎng tian shài wǎng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰjɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵ ljɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰjɛn⁵⁵ ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

三天打魚，兩天曬網

  1. (figuratively) to fail to perservere in something; to be unwilling or too lazy to concentrate

Synonyms
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