上房揭瓦

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	house	lift off (a cover); divulge	tile
trad. (上房揭瓦)		上	房	揭	瓦
simp. ^#(上房揭瓦)		上	房	揭	瓦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngfángjiēwǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝㄨㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngfángjiēwǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝㄨㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngfángjiewǎ
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-fang²-chieh¹-wa³
  - Yale: shàng-fáng-jyē-wǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqfarngjiewoa
  - Palladius: шанфанцзева (šanfanczeva)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ wä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

上房揭瓦

to scale the roof to rip the tiles; to cause havoc in the house

Derived terms

三天不打，上房揭瓦 (sāntiānbùdǎ, shàngfángjiēwǎ)

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