三天打魚，兩天曬網 sān tiān dǎ yú ， liǎng tiān shài wǎng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)
  2. fig. not to persevere in doing sth
  3. to do sth by fits and starts

CHARACTERS

三 sān
HSK 1
three
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
打 dǎ
HSK 1
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
魚 yú fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
兩 liǎng two, both, pair, couple; ounce
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
曬 shài dry in sun, expose to sun
網 wǎng net, web; network