不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
Traditional: 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前Dictionary entry
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
What does 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 mean?
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 (bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián) has the following dictionary meaning.
1(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-听yǐnsmile (archaic)老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]言yánwords · speech吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)亏kuīto lose (money); to have a deficit · to be deficient在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
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不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
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