See 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 on Wiktionary
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "lou⁵ daai⁶ tou⁴ soeng¹ bei¹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xiu³ zong³ bed¹ nou⁵ lig⁶"
},
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "lou⁵ dai⁶ tou⁴ sêng¹ béi¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/siːu̯³³ t͡sɔːŋ³³ pɐt̚⁵ nou̯¹³ lɪk̚² lou̯¹³ taːi̯²² tʰou̯²¹ sœːŋ⁵⁵ pei̯⁵⁵/",
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲"
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