耽误了庄稼是一季，耽误了孩子是一代耽誤了莊稼是一季，耽誤了孩子是一代耽誤了莊稼是一季，耽誤了孩子是一代

neglect the crops and you lose one season; neglect the children and you lose a generation

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Stresses that education is vital and cannot be put off, since a child's lost chance cannot be made up.

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Simplified: 耽误了庄稼是一季，耽误了孩子是一代
Traditional (Taiwan): 耽誤了莊稼是一季，耽誤了孩子是一代
Pinyin: dānwule zhuāngjia shì yí jì, dānwule háizi shì yídài
Bopomofo: ㄉㄢ ˙ㄨ ˙ㄌㄜㄓㄨㄤ ˙ㄐㄧㄚㄕˋ ㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ，ㄉㄢ ˙ㄨ ˙ㄌㄜㄏㄞˊ ˙ㄗㄕˋ ㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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