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三天打鱼,两天晒网

sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng

Definitions

  • 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