三天不打，上房揭瓦 in Chinese

IPA: /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: sāntiānbùdǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], shàngfángjiēwǎ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄢㄊㄧㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝㄨㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sāntiānbùdǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], shàngfángjiēwǎ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄙㄢㄊㄧㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝㄨㄚˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], santianbùdǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shàngfángjiewǎ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], san¹-tʻien¹-pu⁴-ta³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shang⁴-fang²-chieh¹-wa³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], sān-tyān-bù-dǎ- [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shàng-fáng-jyē-wǎ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], santianbudaa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], shanqfarngjiewoa [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], саньтяньбуда [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], шанфанцзева [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sanʹtjanʹbuda [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šanfanczeva [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 三天不打，上房揭瓦

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"三天不打，上房揭瓦" meaning in Chinese

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