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一曝十寒

一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán 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
一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
 曝 bào used in 曝光 / Taiwan pr. [pu4]
 曝 pù to air / to sun
  十 shí ten / 10
   寒 hán cold / poor / to tremble
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