三天打鱼，两天晒网

Traditional form:

三天打魚，兩天曬網

Pinyin (reading):

sāntiāndǎyú,liǎngtiānshàiwǎng

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

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 鱼 - fish
• 两 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 晒 - to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun
• 网 - net; network

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 魚 - fish
• 兩 - two, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 曬 - to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun
• 網 - net; network