时辍时续 meaning in Chinese
by fits and starts
Examples
- Within doors , that is , when it rained , and i could not go out , i found employment on the following occasions ; always observing , that all the while i was at work i diverted my self with talking to my parrot , and teaching him to speak , and i quickly learn d him to know his own name , and at last to speak it out pretty loud p o l , which was the first word i ever heard spoken in the island by any mouth but my own
然后就是修筑了一道坚实的篱笆把地围起来，篱笆的木桩都是从我以前栽过的那种树上砍下来的。我知道这种树生长很快，一年内就能长成茂密的篱笆，用不着多少工夫去修理。这个工作花了我三个多月的时间，因为这期间大部分时间是雨季，我无法出门，故修筑篱笆的事时辍时续。