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 ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄚˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngfángjiēwǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄨㄚˇ
    • 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

1. 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)