Meaning
sāntiāndǎyú,liǎngtiānshàiwǎngsan1 tian1 da3 yu2 , liang3 tian1 shai4 wang3
- lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)
- fig. not to persevere in doing sth
- to do sth by fits and starts
Words sharing a character
- 三角 sānjiǎo triangle
- 再三 zàisān over and over again
- 三明治 sānmíngzhì sandwich (loanword)
- 三维 sānwéi three-dimensional
- 接二连三 jiēèrliánsān one after another (idiom)
- 三番五次 sānfānwǔcì over and over again (idiom)
- 举一反三 jǔyīfǎnsān to raise one and infer three
- 丢三落四 diūsānlàsì forgetful
- 朝三暮四 zhāosānmùsì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- 今天 jīntiān today