三日打魚，兩日曬網

Chinese

		three	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to catch fish; to fish		both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	day; sun; date day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)	to sun	net; network
trad. (三日打魚，兩日曬網)		三	日	打魚	，	兩	日	曬	網
simp. (三日打鱼，两日晒网)		三	日	打鱼	，	两	日	晒	网
Literally: “to fish for three days and dry the net for two”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sān rì dǎ yú, liǎng rì shài wǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˊ , ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄖˋ ㄕㄞˋ ㄨㄤˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sān rì dǎ yú, liǎng rì shài wǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄩˊ , ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄖˋ ㄕㄞˋ ㄨㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: san rìh dǎ yú, liǎng rìh shài wǎng
    • Wade–Giles: san¹ jih⁴ ta³ yü², liang³ jih⁴ shai⁴ wang³
    • Yale: sān r̀ dǎ yú-, lyǎng r̀ shài wǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san ryh daa yu, leang ryh shay woang
    • Palladius: сань жи да юй, лян жи шай ван (sanʹ ži da juj, ljan ži šaj van)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂaɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

三日打魚，兩日曬網

1. Synonym of 三天打魚，兩天曬網／三天打鱼，两天晒网 (sān tiān dǎ yú, liǎng tiān shài wǎng, “to fail to persevere in something; to be unwilling or too lazy to concentrate”)