不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前 bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián

(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

Characters

Character Meaning
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
聽 tīng
to listen; to hear; to obey
老 lǎo HSK 1
old (of people)
人 rén HSK 1
person; people; man
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
虧 kuī
deficiency; deficit; luckily
在 zài HSK 1
(located) at; (to be) in
眼 yǎn HSK 2
eye; crux (of a matter); small hole
前 qián HSK 1
front; before; forward