不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

Chinese
not; no
 
let; allow; listen
let; allow; listen; hear; obey
 
old person; the old; the elderly
old person; the old; the elderly; elder
 
to speak; to say; talk
to speak; to say; talk; word
 to suffer losses; to be at a disadvantage
 
(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
before one's eyes; the present; the current moment
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
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián
      • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ , ㄔ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: bùting lǎorén yán, chihkuei zài yǎncián
      • Wade–Giles: pu4-tʻing1 lao3-jên2 yen2, chʻih1-kʻuei1 tsai4 yen3-chʻien2
      • Yale: bù-tīng lǎu-rén yán-, chr̄-kwēi dzài yǎn-chyán
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buting laoren yan, chykuei tzay yeanchyan
      • Palladius: бутин лаожэнь янь, чикуй цзай яньцянь (butin laožɛnʹ janʹ, čikuj czaj janʹcjanʹ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹ tʰiŋ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
      • 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
      • Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ tʰɪŋ³³ lou̯¹³ jɐn²¹ jiːn²¹ hɛːk̚³ kʷʰɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² ŋaːn¹³ t͡sʰiːn²¹/

Proverb

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

  1. ignore your elders at your peril
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