shàozhuàngbùnǔlìlǎodàtúshāngbēi
if you are lazy in your youth, you will regret it in your old age
- if you are lazy in your youth, you will regret it in your old age
- A proverb meaning that if one does not work hard while young and strong, one will only have useless regrets when old; from the Han dynasty poem 长歌行 chánggēxíng
- laziness in youth leads to regret in old age
- If one does not work hard in one's youth, one will regret it in vain when one is old. A proverb advising against wasting time during one's prime.
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- 老大徒伤悲 lǎodàtúshāngbēi