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
不
bù
no; not so
听
tīng
to listen to; to hear
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
人
rén
person; people
言
yán
words
,
,
吃
chī
variant of 吃[chi1]
亏
kuī
to lose (money); to have a deficit
在
zài
to exist; to be alive
眼
yǎn
eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
前
qián
front