<span class="searchmatch">少年</span>易<span class="searchmatch">老</span>學難成 (shàonián yì lǎo xué nán chéng). From Zhu Xi's poem 《偶成》. IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːne̞ɰ̃ o̞ija̠sɨkɯ̟ ɡa̠kɯ̟ na̠ɾʲiɡa̠ta̠ɕi] 少(しょう)年(ねん)<span class="searchmatch">老</span>(お)<span class="searchmatch">いや</span><span class="searchmatch">すく</span><span class="searchmatch">学</span>(<span class="searchmatch">が</span>く)<span class="searchmatch">なり</span><span class="searchmatch">が</span>たし...
sɪŋ²¹/ <span class="searchmatch">少年</span>易<span class="searchmatch">老</span>學難成 if you do not study when you are young, you will grow old quickly without accomplishing much learning → Japanese: <span class="searchmatch">少年</span><span class="searchmatch">老</span><span class="searchmatch">いや</span><span class="searchmatch">すく</span><span class="searchmatch">学</span><span class="searchmatch">なり</span><span class="searchmatch">が</span><span class="searchmatch">た</span><span class="searchmatch">し</span> (shōnen...
【<span class="searchmatch">少年</span><span class="searchmatch">老</span>しょうねんお<span class="searchmatch">いや</span><span class="searchmatch">すく</span><span class="searchmatch">学</span><span class="searchmatch">が</span>く<span class="searchmatch">なり</span><span class="searchmatch">が</span><span class="searchmatch">た</span><span class="searchmatch">し</span>】 [proverb] if you do not study when you are young, you will grow old quickly without accomplishing much learning...