原文中文
少年易老学难成，一寸光阴不可轻。
未觉池塘春草梦，阶前梧叶已秋声。
Youth ages quickly and learning is hard to achieve.
青春流逝很快，学习也难以达成。
句子通过并列结构表达青春流逝与学习困难的对比关系。
Youth ages quickly and learning is hard to achieve; not even a tiny bit of time should be taken lightly.
Before one even realizes the spring grass is dreaming in the pond, the autumn leaves have already fallen by the steps.
少年易老学难成，一寸光阴不可轻。
未觉池塘春草梦，阶前梧叶已秋声。
"Do not waste your time on someone who does not care to share life with you"
"He who wastes time will be wasted by time."
"Time is like life; every moment is worth a thousand pieces of gold."
"Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for time is the material of which life is made."
"Life is short and cannot afford to wait."