不聽老人言,吃虧在眼前
Chinese
not; no | let; allow; listen let; allow; listen; hear; obey |
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 |
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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:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proverb
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