不听老人言,吃亏在眼前

bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián

(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

no; not so

tīng

to listen to; to hear

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

rén

person; people

yán

words

,

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

kuī

to lose (money); to have a deficit

zài

to exist; to be alive

yǎn

eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])

qián

front