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三天不打，上房揭瓦

Mandarin · pinyin sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
spare the rod, spoil the child

Characters in this entry

三: sān · three
天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
打: dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
揭: jiē · raise, lift up; surname
瓦: wǎ · tile; earthenware pottery; girl

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Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

saam1 tin1 bat1 daa2 ，soeng6 fong4 kit3 ngaa5

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