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一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
What 一曝十寒 means
- one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- sporadic effort
- lack of sticking power
- short attention span
The characters in 一曝十寒
Sounds the same
Read yī pù shí hán, tone for tone, but written differently.
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