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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

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒

bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán

1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day

唇亡齿寒

chún wáng chǐ hán

1 lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent

啼饥号寒

tí jī háo hán

1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

Sample Sentences

呵呵，你想学韩寒？

hēhē ，nǐ xiǎng xué Hán Hán ？

Heh-heh. You wanted to be like Han Han?

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还行吧！韩寒、郭敬明、张悦然的作品我都看过。都是上中学的时候看的。我有一阵子还特别想辍学创作小说呢！

háixíng ba ！Hán Hán 、Guō Jìngmíng 、Zhāng Yuèrán de zuòpǐn wǒ dōu kàn guo 。dōu shì shàng zhōngxué de shíhou kàn de 。wǒ yǒu yīzhènzi hái tèbié xiǎng chuòxué chuàngzuò xiǎoshuō ne ！

It's all right. I've read Han Han, Guo Jingming, and Zhang Yueran's works. I read them all when I was in middle school. There was a period of time during which I really wanted to drop out of school and write fiction!

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是是是。不过我觉得韩寒迟早会写出有分量的东西的。我挺佩服这家伙的，赛车，写书，办杂志，样样都是天才。不愧是80后的佼佼者。

shì shì shì 。bùguò wǒ juéde Hán Hán chízǎo huì xiěchū yǒu fènliang de dōngxi de 。wǒ tǐng pèifú zhè jiāhuo de ，sàichē ，xiě shū ，bàn zázhì ，yàngyàng dōu shì tiāncái 。bùkuì shì bālíng hòu de jiǎojiǎozhě 。

Right, right, right. However, I think Han Han will sooner or later write something of importance. I really admire that guy – racing cars, writing books, putting out magazines; he's talented in every way. He's worthy of being called the most outstanding person born in the 80's.

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韩寒是80后作家的领军人物啊！80后能不能写出更好的作品，我们拭目以待吧！对了，你们俩要时刻留意点击率高的博客和帖子，我们计划再出一些好卖的书，别让别的出版社抢占了先机。

Hán Hán shì bālíng hòu zuòjiā de lǐngjūn rénwù a ！bālíng hòu néng bu néng xiěchū gèng hǎo de zuòpǐn ，wǒmen shìmùyǐdài ba ！duì le ，nǐmen liǎ yào shíkè liúyì diǎnjī lǜ gāo de bókè hé tiězi ，wǒmen jìhuà zài chū yīxiē hǎo mài de shū ，bié ràng bié de chūbǎnshè qiǎngzhàn le xiānjī 。

Han Han is the leading figure among authors born in the 80's! Whether or not someone born in the 80's will be able to write something even better, we'll have to wait and see. That's right, you two will have to keep your eyes open for blogs and posts that are getting a lot of hits. We're planning on publishing some more good books, so don't let other publishing companies steal the opportunity.

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我也看好韩寒。

wǒ yě kànhǎo Hán Hán 。

I think highly of Han Han too.

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