三天不打，上房揭瓦
Chinese edit
| 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 | |||
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| 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 edit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Proverb edit
三天不打，上房揭瓦