三
天
不
打
，
上
房
揭
瓦
s
ā
n
t
i
ā
n
b
ù
d
ǎ
,
s
h
à
n
g
f
á
n
g
j
i
ē
w
ǎ
Definitions
1. three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
2. spare the rod, spoil the child
Components
三天
sān tiān
–
three days
不
bù
–
(negative prefix)
打
dǎ
–
to beat
上房
shàng fáng
–
see 正房[zheng4 fang2]
揭
jiē
–
to take the lid off
瓦
wǎ
–
roof tile