三天不打，上房揭瓦

saam1 tin1 bat1 daa2 ，soeng6 fong4 kit3 ngaa5

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

Meanings

  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

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