Fish in three days and net in two(sān tiān dǎ yú，liǎng tiān shài wǎng)

Fish in three days and net in two

Fishing for three days, drying the net for two days, as the saying goes, Pinyin s ā NTI ā nd ǎ y ú, Li ǎ ngTi ā NSH à IW ǎ ng, refers to the lack of perseverance in study and work, often interrupted, can not persist for a long time.

Discrimination of words

[explanation] refers to the lack of perseverance in study and work, frequent interruption, and no long-term adherence.

Grammar: complex sentence type; used as object, adverbial and clause.

One exposure and ten colds

Antonym: persevere

Source of words

Therefore, it is also assumed that coming to school is nothing more than fishing for three days, sun drying the net for two days, and giving away some gifts to Jia dairu. ——The ninth chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

When Xue pan came to live in Daguanyuan from his hometown, he found out that there was a family school in Jia's house. There were many young people in the school, so he became amorous and pretended to go to school. It was just fishing for three days and drying the net for two days. Some of the students in the school got into his boat for stealing his money. When Qin Zhong and Jia Baoyu came to school, Xue pan immediately made up their mind.

Word usage

Example usage:

Do physical exercise every day. Don't fish for three days, or bask in the net for two days.

Antonym usage:

A drop of water can penetrate a stone, and everything works naturally. If you don't accumulate small steps, you can't reach thousands of miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you can't become a river or a sea.

Chinese PinYin : sān tiān dǎ yú，liǎng tiān shài wǎng