不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù​tīng​lǎo​rén​yán​chī​kuī​zài​yǎn​qián

ignore your elders at your peril

  • created sense approved 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前/不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前 · bù​tīng​lǎo​rén​yán​chī​kuī​zài​yǎn​qián · ignore your elders at your peril — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 / 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

    bù​tīng​lǎo​rén​yán​chī​kuī​zài​yǎn​qián

    ignore your elders at your peril

    (idiom) you will suffer the consequences if you do not listen to the advice of your elders or those with more experience

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to obey 老人 (literal) → 老人 · lǎo​rén · old person 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech ， (non_chinese) 吃亏 (literal) → 吃亏/吃虧 · chī​kuī · to suffer losses 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 眼前 (literal) → 眼前 · yǎn​qián · at present

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense