gé sān chà wǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) every few days; every once in a while
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Original source entry:

隔三差五 隔三差五 [ge2 san1 cha4 wu3] /(idiom) every few days; every once in a while/

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隔三差五
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