三天 sān tiān
sān tiān
phrase
three days
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Collocation: generic expression from Cao Xueqin 1892, ”Dream of the Red Chamber” (tr. by Joly, ch. 7, p. 185)
Contained in
- 三天打鱼，两天晒网(三天打魚，兩天曬網) to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days; not to persevere in doing sth
- 三天不打，上房揭瓦 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles
- 三天两头(三天兩頭) twice every three days; practically every day; frequently
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八 海內東經 Chapter 8: Classic of Regions Within the Seas - East Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 94 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
- 卷三百〇七 列傳第一百九十五 佞倖 紀綱 門達 李孜省 繼曉 江彬 錢寧 陸炳 邵元節 陶仲文 顧可學 Volume 307 Biographies 195: Flatter and Imitation - Ji Gang, Men Da, Li Zisheng, Ji Xiao, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, Lu Bing, Shao Yuanjie, Tao Zhongwen, Gu Kexue History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
- 卷三二 補列傳第二四 陸法和 王琳 Volume 32 Biographies 24: Lu Fahe; Wang Lin (general) Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 2
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
- 第五回 Chapter 5 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 2
- 卷八十九 列傳第七十七: 藝術上 Volume 89 Biographies 77: Diviners 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 110 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 9 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
Collocations
- 三天子 (三天子) 此三天子 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 10
- 两三天 (兩三天) 家裏已是餓了兩三天 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 8
- 生三天 (生三天) 一母生三天 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三二 補列傳第二四 陸法和 王琳 Volume 32 Biographies 24: Lu Fahe; Wang Lin (general) — count: 4
- 上三天 (上三天) 上上三天王 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三 魏書三 明帝紀 Volume 3: Book of Wei 3 - Annals of Emperor Ming — count: 3
- 三天法师 (三天法師) 正一真人三天法師張君內傳 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷33 志第28 經籍二 Volume 33 Treatises 28: Bibliography 2 — count: 3
- 三天五 (三天五) 住上三天五日 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 9 — count: 2
- 三天王 (三天王) 上上三天王 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三 魏書三 明帝紀 Volume 3: Book of Wei 3 - Annals of Emperor Ming — count: 2
- 三天金阙 (三天金闕) 上皇考道號為三天金闕無上玉堂都仙法主玄元道德哲慧聖尊開真仁化大帝 — History of Ming 明史, 卷三百〇七 列傳第一百九十五 佞倖 紀綱 門達 李孜省 繼曉 江彬 錢寧 陸炳 邵元節 陶仲文 顧可學 Volume 307 Biographies 195: Flatter and Imitation - Ji Gang, Men Da, Li Zisheng, Ji Xiao, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, Lu Bing, Shao Yuanjie, Tao Zhongwen, Gu Kexue — count: 2