少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 – see 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 (“laziness in youth spells regret in old age; reckless youth makes rueful age; an idle youth, a needy age.”). (This term is the simplified form of 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.