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

Tā sāntiānliǎngtóu lái wǒjiā cèng fàn.
He's at my place freeloading meals every other day.
Zhè tái jiù diànnǎo sāntiānliǎngtóu chū wèntí.
This old computer runs into problems every other day.
Sāntiānliǎngtóu 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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tiān
liǎng
tóu