一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán

sporadic effort

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. sporadic effort
  2. 2. one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  3. 3. lack of sticking power
  4. 4. short attention span

Characters

Character Meaning
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
曝 pù HSK 6
to sun; to air
十 shí HSK 1
ten; 10
寒 hán HSK 4
cold; poor; to tremble