Definition of 少年老い易く学成り難し (しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし)

しょうねんおやすがくがた

少年老い易く学成り難し

しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし

shounen-oiyasukugakunarigatashi

expression
study hard while you are young, boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder(proverb)
Other readings:
少年老いやすく学成りがたし【しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし】
少年老いやすく学なりがたし【しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし】
Related Kanji
few, little
year, counter for years
old man, old age, grow old
easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
study, learning, science
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect