少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 in English shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4 , lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1 Meaning

Meanings

• if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

Pinyin

shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4 , lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

少shao3few 壮zhuang4Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group 不bu4(negative prefix) 努nu3to exert 力li4surname Li ， 老lao3prefix 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 大da4big 徒tu2surname Tu 伤shang1to injure 悲bei1sad