少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲
Traditional: 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲Dictionary entry
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
What does 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 mean?
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 (shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi) has the following dictionary meaning.
1if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
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少shǎofew · less壮ZhuàngZhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-努nǔto exert · to strive力Lìsurname Li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)大dàbig; large; great · older (than another person)徒Túsurname Tu
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