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少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi

11-character word Traditional 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲

What 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 means

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

The characters in 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲

• 少shǎofew; less; to lack
• 壮zhuàngto strengthen; strong; robust
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 努nǔto exert; to strive
• 力lìpower; force; strength
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 徒tú(bound form) disciple; apprentice; believer; (derog.) wrongdoer…
• 伤shāngto injure; injury; wound
• 悲bēisad; sadness; sorrow

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