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