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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

三天打鱼，两天晒网
sān tiān dǎ yú，liǎng tiān shài wǎng
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp · sporadic effort · lack of sticking power · short attention span一曝十寒yī pù shí hán
Antonyms
(idiom) to persevere unremittingly; to keep going until the end坚持不懈jiān chí bù xièto chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth · to persevere · unflagging efforts锲而不舍qiè ér bù shě
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