三天打魚,兩天曬網

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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
trad. (三天打魚,兩天曬網) 打魚
simp. (三天打鱼,两天晒网) 打鱼
Literally: “to fish for three days and dry the net for two”.

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三天打魚,兩天曬網

  1. (figurative) to fail to persevere in something; to be unwilling or too lazy to concentrate

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