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一曝十寒

yī pù shí hán

4-character word

What 一曝十寒 means

1. one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
2. sporadic effort
3. lack of sticking power
4. short attention span

The characters in 一曝十寒

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 曝bàoused in 曝光; Taiwan pr. pù
• 十shíten; 10
• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble

Sounds the same

Read yī pù shí hán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 一暴十寒variant of 一曝十寒

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