三天打鱼，两天晒网。(sāntiān dǎyú，liǎngtiān shài wǎng.)lack of perseverance; go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two

Explanation

这句话的字面意思是说，打三天鱼，然后用两天的时间来把渔网晒干，即休息两天，不能一直坚持打鱼。比喻做事没有恒心，经常中断，不能长期坚持。

The literal meaning of this sentence is that spend three days fishing and then two days drying nets. It is a metaphorical description of people who are lack of perseverance and don’t persist on doing things.

Words:

开除kāichú:fire;
钢琴ɡānɡqín:piano.

Sentences

1、 Jiǎ: Tā wèi shénme bèi kāichú le?
甲：他为什么被开除了？
A: why is he fired?

Yǐ: Tā gōngzuò zǒngshì sāntiān dǎyú liǎngtiān shàiwǎng de, rúguǒ wǒ shì lǎobǎn, wǒ yě kāichú tā.
乙：他工作总是三天打鱼两天晒网的。如果我是老板，我也开除他。
B: He was always asking for leave in the company. If I were the boss, I would fire him too.

2、 Jiǎ: Xiàng nǐ zhèyàng sāntiān dǎyú liǎngtiān shàiwǎng de, zěnme néng liàn hǎo gāngqín ne?
甲：像你这样三天打鱼两天晒网的，怎么能练好钢琴呢？
A: If you can’t persist in practicing, you will never play the piano well.

Yǐ: Wǒ jīntiān shízài tài lèi le, yǐhòu bú huì le.
乙：我今天实在太累了，以后不会了。
B: I am pretty tired today. I promise this won’t happen again.

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