三天两头 — Chinese idiom
三天两头
sān tiān liǎng tóu
Traditional: 三天兩頭
Meaning
- lit. twice every three days ; practically every day
- frequently
Character by character
- 三sānthree
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
- 三妻四妾 sān qī sì qiè
- 三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
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