三天打鱼，两天晒网 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
鱼 yú
HSK 2
fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
两 liǎng
HSK 2
two, both, pair, couple; ounce
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
晒 shài
HSK 5
dry in sun, expose to sun
网 wǎng
HSK 3
net; network; KangXi radical 122