後生遙遙
hau6 saang1 jiu4 jiu4hòu shēng yáo yáoinferred
English
- young with a long life ahead, full of limitless possibilities to do anything, but all the advantages of youth to do good are wasted; literally: young and far
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指年青人年齡細,人生仲有好長,仲有好多可能;多用嚟慨嘆年青人未能好好利用年輕優勢去做正面嘅事
Examples
佢後生遙遙有書唔讀,走去做賊。
He is a youngster who neglected school, turning to be a thief instead.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk