少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲

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

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

young

Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group

to strengthen / strong / robust

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to exert / to strive

great effort / to strive / to try hard

to make a great effort; to try hard

power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

surname Tu

disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare or empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence

disciple; apprentice; believer / on foot / bare; empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence

to injure / injury / wound

vain regrets of old age (idiom)

sad / sorrowful (literary)

sad / sadness / sorrow / grief