三天两头 (三天兩頭)
sān tiān liǎng tóu
Pinyin
Definition
三天两头 (三天兩頭)
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- lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day
- frequently
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
Sample Sentences
那倒不会。不过我最烦的还是她三天两头地磨我买房买车。你说现在的女孩子都在想什么?
Nah. But the most annoying thing is that she's always on my case about buying a house and car. Tell me, what are girls thinking about these days?
你开什么玩笑!?我那些七大姑八大姨还不够多啊?三天两头问我薪水涨没涨?房子多少钱?下一胎有动静了没?
Are you joking!? I've already got enough real aunties. Asking me every few days has my salary gone up, how much I paid for my apartment, and whether there is another little one on the way.
那是。像我这种吃货,三天两头要吃川菜海鲜火锅的,吃这种粉的话,饿不死也早就馋死了。
That's it. For someone like me who really likes to eat Sichuan seafood hotpot every day, if I ate this kind of powder, I'd be annoyed by a lack of something to snack on instead of hunger.
啊?我也想让你帮忙带些宝宝用的东西。你也知道,国内的产品三天两头地出现质量问题,太让人不放心了。
Huh? I wanted you to bring back some baby products, too. You know as well as I that quality issues with local products arise almost daily. It's really stressful.
我们做生意讲求的是稳定。非洲国家三天两头地打仗,今天来个埃及动乱,明天来个利比亚反政府运动,我们还怎么做生意?连员工的生命安全都得不到保证。
The thing we stress most when doing business is stability. African countries have wars almost every day. Today Egypt is in turmoil, tomorrow Libya has a movement against its government; how are we supposed to do business? Even the safety of our employees' lives isn't guaranteed.