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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

不听老人言，吃亏在眼前

bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián

1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

兔子不吃窝边草

tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo

1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.

又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草

yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo

1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too

吃一堑，长一智

chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì

1 Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.

Sample Sentences

你看大众点评已经看了一早上了，有什么吃喝玩乐的计划吗？

nǐ kàn dàzhòng diǎnpíng yǐjīng kàn le yī zǎoshang le ，yǒu shénme chīhēwánlè de jìhuà ma ？

You've been reading reviews by people all morning, do you have any plans for what to eat or what to do?

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我们不指望你。你早点把你那房子贷款还清我就放心了。欠银行几十万你们小两口也不着急，就知道到处吃喝玩乐。以后有了孩子花销更大了，我看你们怎么办。

wǒmen bù zhǐwàng nǐ 。nǐ zǎodiǎnr bǎ nǐ nà fángzi dàikuǎn huánqīng wǒ jiù fàngxīn le 。qiàn yínháng jǐshíwàn nǐmen xiǎoliǎngkǒu yě bù zháojí ，jiù zhīdào dàochù chīhēwánlè 。yǐhòu yǒu le háizi huāxiāo gèngdà le ，wǒ kàn nǐmen zěnme bàn 。

We don't want to rely on you. If you paid off the loan for your house a bit earlier, then I would relax. Owing the bank several tens of thousands of kuai, the two of you don't have to worry, you only know about enjoying life. After having a kid expenses are greater; I know how you can do it.

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