不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

Chinese

not; no
 
let; allow; listen; hear; obey
 old person; the elderly; elder
 
to speak; to say; talk; word
 to suffer losses; to be at a disadvantage
 
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
before one's eyes; the present; the current moment; right now; immediate
trad. (不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前) 不 聽 老人 言 ， 吃虧 在 眼前
simp. (不听老人言，吃亏在眼前) 不 听 老人 言 ， 吃亏 在 眼前
Literally: “if one doesn't listen to elders' words, losses come before his or her eyes”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ, ㄔ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): bat1 ting3 lou5 jan4 jin4, hek3 kwai1 zoi6 ngaan5 cin4
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ, ㄔ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bu4ting laoren yan, chykuei tzay yeanchyan
      • IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: bat1 ting3 lou5 jan4 jin4, hek3 kwai1 zoi6 ngaan5 cin4
      • Yale: bāt ting lóuh yàhn yìhn, hek kwāi joih ngáahn chìhn
      • Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 ting3 lou5 jan4 jin4, hek8 kwai1 dzoi6 ngaan5 tsin4
      • Guangdong Romanization: bed1 ting3 lou5 yen4 yin4, hég3 kuei1 zoi6 ngan5 qin4
      • IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰɪŋ³³ lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jiːn²¹ hɛːk̚³ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² ŋɑːn¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Proverb

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

  1. If one doesn't listen to what elders say, he or she will suffer losses.
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