不听老人言，吃亏在眼前

bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前

不
bù

no; not so

人
rén

person; people

前
qián

front

吃
chī

to eat

吃亏
chī kuī

to suffer losses

听
yǐn

smile (archaic)

在
zài

to exist; to be alive

眼
yǎn

eye

眼前
yǎn qián

before one's eyes

老人
lǎo rén

the elderly

听
tīng

to listen to; to hear

亏
kuī

deficiency

在眼前
zài yǎn qián

now

言
yán

words

老
lǎo

prefix 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