三天不打，上房揭瓦

Chinese

		three	day; sky; heaven	not; no	beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen		to scale the roof to rip the tiles; to cause havoc in the house
trad. (三天不打，上房揭瓦)		三	天	不	打	，	上房揭瓦
simp. #(三天不打，上房揭瓦)		三	天	不	打	，	上房揭瓦
Literally: “Don't beat (a child) for three days and (the child will) scale the roof to rip the tiles”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāntiānbùdǎ, shàngfángjiēwǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ , ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāntiānbùdǎ, shàngfángjiēwǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ , ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: santianbùdǎ, shàngfángjiewǎ
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-tʻien¹-pu⁴-ta³, shang⁴-fang²-chieh¹-wa³
    • Yale: sān-tyān-bù-dǎ-, shàng-fáng-jyē-wǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: santianbudaa, shanqfarngjiewoa
    • Palladius: саньтяньбуда, шанфанцзева (sanʹtjanʹbuda, šanfanczeva)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

三天不打，上房揭瓦

1. spare the rod and spoil the child