三日不讀書，面目可憎

Chinese

three
 
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 not; no to read books; to study
trad. (三日不讀書，面目可憎) 三 日 不 讀書 ， 面目可憎
simp. (三日不读书，面目可憎) 三 日 不 读书 ， 面目可憎

Etymology

Literally: If you don't read for three days, you will become unattractive.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sān rì bù dúshū, miànmùkězēng
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ, ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: sān rì bù dúshū, miànmùkězēng
      • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ, ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san ryh bu4 dwushu, miannmuhkeetzeng
      • IPA (key): /sa̠n⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/

Proverb

三日不讀書，面目可憎

  1. If you are not diligent in your studies, you will remain ignorant, and nobody will be attracted to you.
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