三天打魚,兩天曬網
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See also: 三天打鱼,两天晒网
Chinese
[edit]three | day; sky; heaven | to catch fish; to fish | both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael |
day; sky; heaven | to sun | net; network | |||
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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 | |
Literally: “to fish for three days and dry the net for two”. |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˊ , ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄕㄞˋ ㄨㄤˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: san tian dǎ yú, liǎng tian shài wǎng
- Wade–Giles: san1 tʻien1 ta3 yü2, liang3 tʻien1 shai4 wang3
- Yale: sān tyān dǎ yú-, lyǎng tyān shài wǎng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san tian daa yu, leang tian shay woang
- Palladius: сань тянь да юй, лян тянь шай ван (sanʹ tjanʹ da juj, ljan tjanʹ šaj van)
- Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
[edit]三天打魚,兩天曬網
- (figurative) to fail to persevere in something; to be unwilling or too lazy to concentrate