三天不打，上房揭瓦

sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

Dictionary entry

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

What does 三天不打，上房揭瓦 mean?

三天不打，上房揭瓦 (sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)

2spare the rod, spoil the child

Character breakdown

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三Sānsurname San 天tiānday · sky 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]房Fángsurname Fang 揭Jiēsurname Jie 瓦wǎroof tile · abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]

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三天不打，上房揭瓦

sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ

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