養不教，父之過

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	not; no	teach; teaching; religion		father	's; him/her/it; this	to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
trad. (養不教，父之過)		養	不	教	，	父	之	過
simp. (养不教，父之过)		养	不	教	，	父	之	过

Etymology

From the Three Character Classic:

養不教，父之過。教不嚴，師之惰。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]

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养不教，父之过。教不严，师之惰。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE

Yǎng bù jiào, fù zhī guò. Jiào bù yán, shī zhī duò. [Pinyin]

To feed without teaching is the father's fault; To teach, without severity, is the teacher's laziness.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngbùjiào, fùzhīguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ , ㄈㄨˋ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ bat¹ gaau³, fu⁶ zi¹ gwo³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngbùjiào, fùzhīguò [Phonetic: yǎngbújiào, fùzhīguò]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ , ㄈㄨˋ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngbùjiào, fùjhihguò
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-pu⁴-chiao⁴, fu⁴-chih¹-kuo⁴
    • Yale: yǎng-bù-jyàu-, fù-jr̄-gwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangbujiaw, fuhjyguoh
    • Palladius: янбуцзяо, фучжиго (janbuczjao, fučžigo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ bat¹ gaau³, fu⁶ zi¹ gwo³
    • Yale: yéuhng bāt gaau, fuh jī gwo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ bat⁷ gaau³, fu⁶ dzi¹ gwo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ bed¹ gao³, fu⁶ ji¹ guo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ pɐt̚⁵ kaːu̯³³ fuː²² t͡siː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³³/

Proverb

養不教，父之過

1. it is wrong for a father to only feed but not teach his child