小时了了，大未必佳 in English xiao3 shi2 liao3 liao3 , da4 wei4 bi4 jia1 Meaning

Meanings

• being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)

Pinyin

xiao3 shi2 liao3 liao3 , da4 wei4 bi4 jia1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

小xiao3small 时shi2old variant of 時|时[shi2] 了le5(completed action marker) 了le5(completed action marker) ， 大da4big 未wei4not yet 必bi4certainly 佳jia1surname Jia