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”.

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ, ㄔㄎㄨㄟㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ting³ lou⁵ jan⁴ jin⁴, hek³ kwai¹ zoi⁶ ngaan⁵ cin⁴

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

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