三天两头

三天兩頭
sāntiān-liǎngtóu
idiom #76,174

Meanings

  1. 1 every other day
  2. 2 frequently; constantly
  3. 3 all the time

Examples

HSK 3
Zhè tái jiù diànnǎo sāntiān-liǎngtóu chū wèntí.
This old computer runs into problems every other day.
HSK 7-9
Tā sāntiān-liǎngtóu lái wǒ jiā cèng fàn.
He's at my place freeloading meals every other day.
HSK 7-9
Sāntiān-liǎngtóu jiābān, shēntǐ chībuxiāo.
Working overtime every other day - the body can't take it.

Tips

register
Colloquial, everyday speech. Almost always used with a negative or grumbling tone - something inconvenient happening too often.
grammar
Adverbial: placed before a verb to show frequency. 'Three days, two heads' is colloquial shorthand for 'within three days, two times/ends' - i.e. nearly every day.

Stroke Order

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liǎng
tóu