隔三差五 — Chinese idiom
隔三差五
gé sān chà wǔ
Meaning
- every few days; every once in a while
Character by character
- 隔géto separate, to partition, to divide
- 三sānthree
- 差chàdifference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an offi
- 五wǔfive; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 天地悬隔 tiān dì xuán gé
- 与世隔绝 yǔ shì gé jué
- 隔岸观火 gé àn guān huǒ
- 隔年皇历 gé nián huáng lì
- 隔墙有耳 gé qiáng yǒu ěr
- 隔靴搔痒 gé xuē sāo yǎng
- 一唱三叹 yī chàng sān tàn
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn
- 三下两下 sān xià liǎng xià
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