三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ ， shàng fáng jiē wǎ

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

CHARACTERS

三 sān
HSK 1
three
天 tiān
HSK 1
sky, heaven; god, celestial
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
打 dǎ
HSK 1
strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
上 shàng
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
房 fáng
HSK 2
house, building; room
揭 jiē
HSK 6
raise, lift up; surname
瓦 wǎ
HSK 6
tile; earthenware pottery; girl