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; ounce
both; two; ounce; 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
  • 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”)
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