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不上学等着穷，上学立刻穷

English translation: If you don\'t go to school you can expect poverty, go to school and you can have it immediately

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Chinese term or phrase:	不上学等着穷，上学立刻穷
English translation:	If you don\'t go to school you can expect poverty, go to school and you can have it immediately
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14:51 Aug 18, 2011

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Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy

Chinese term or phrase: 不上学等着穷，上学立刻穷

I would like a translation for this popular Chinese saying. This popular saying describes the dilemma facing rural parents in sending their children to school. Thank you!

xiaohua78

If you don't go to school you can expect poverty, go to school and you can have it immediately

Explanation:
It seems to me like there is a bit of criticism of the cost of school or a comment on the conditions of those who are in school.
立刻 right away, why wait? a little humor too.

Selected response from:

Ralph Dunsdon
Local time: 15:14

Grading comment

thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

Either skip education and live a poor life someday, or get education and feel the pinch right away.

Echo Wu

3 +1

No school, a poor future; with school, a poor present

Bin Tiede

2 options below

Sharon Toh

If you don't go to school you can expect poverty, go to school and you can have it immediately

Ralph Dunsdon

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

19 mins confidence:

2 options below

Explanation:
There seems to be a word limit to the term field, so I am typing both options that occur to my mind right now below. Feel free to edit it.

1. Be prepared to stay poor if you don't get an education, but you get poorer immediately after going to school.

2. If you don't get an education, you get stuck in poverty, but once you go to school, you get poorer straightaway.

Something like that.

Sharon Toh
Singapore
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 6

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

No school, a poor future; with school, a poor present

Explanation:
还挺上口，但听着心里不好受。

Bin Tiede
Germany
Local time: 00:14
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

12 hrs confidence:

If you don't go to school you can expect poverty, go to school and you can have it immediately

Explanation:
It seems to me like there is a bit of criticism of the cost of school or a comment on the conditions of those who are in school.
立刻 right away, why wait? a little humor too.

Ralph Dunsdon
Local time: 15:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

14 hrs confidence:

Either skip education and live a poor life someday, or get education and feel the pinch right away.

Explanation:
You may need to adapt the translation to match the overall style of your text.

Echo Wu
China
Local time: 06:14
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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