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”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄧㄥ ㄌㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄢˊ , ㄔ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ ting³ lou⁵ jan⁴ jin⁴, hek³ kwai¹ zoi⁶ ngaan⁵ cin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùtīng lǎorén yán, chīkuī zài yǎnqián
    • 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/
• 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/

Proverb

不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前

1. ignore your elders at your peril