三日不讀書，面目可憎

See also: 三日不读书，面目可憎

Chinese

three
day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
 not; no to read books; to study face; look; appearance disgusting; abominable
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
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): saam1 jat6 bat1 duk6 syu1, min6 muk6 ho2 zang1
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: sān rì bù dúshū, miànmùkězēng
      • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄖˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄨ , ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄇㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄗㄥ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: san rìh bù dúshu, miànmùkězeng
      • Wade–Giles: san1 jih4 pu4 tu2-shu1, mien4-mu4-kʻo3-tsêng1
      • Yale: sān r̀ bù dú-shū-, myàn-mù-kě-dzēng
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: san ryh bu dwushu, miannmuhkeetzeng
      • Palladius: сань жи бу душу, мяньмукэцзэн (sanʹ ži bu dušu, mjanʹmukɛczɛn)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /sän⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tu³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵/
  • Cantonese

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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