if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
trad. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲
Also written 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲【shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi】
Characters in this word
10少
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few, less, to lack, to be missing, to stop (doing sth), seldom
- Pinyin
- shǎo
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1332 of 2500
壮
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Zhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China
- Pinyin
- Zhuàng
- Traditional
- 壯
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 17782 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
努
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to exert, to strive
- Pinyin
- nǔ
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 27133 of 2500
力
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4891 of 2500
老
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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, old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
徒
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surname Tu
- Pinyin
- Tú
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 22690 of 2500
伤
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to injure, injury, wound
- Pinyin
- shāng
- Traditional
- 傷
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2306 of 2500
悲
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sad, sadness, sorrow, grief
- Pinyin
- bēi
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 18271 of 2500