岁月不饶人 (suì yuè bù ráo rén) — time and tide wait for no one; time spares no one

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• 岁月不饶人，转眼间我们都老了。
  suì yuè bù ráo rén, Zhuǎn yǎn jiān wǒ men dōu lǎo le.
  Time and tide wait for no one — in the blink of an eye we've all grown old.
• 看着父母的白发，我不禁感叹岁月不饶人。
  Kàn zhe fù mǔ de bái fà, wǒ bù jīn gǎn tàn suì yuè bù ráo rén.
  Looking at my parents' white hair, I couldn't help but sigh that time spares no one.
• 岁月不饶人，趁着年轻要多做自己想做的事。
  suì yuè bù ráo rén, Chèn zhe nián qīng yào duō zuò zì jǐ xiǎng zuò de shì.
  Time waits for no one — while you're young, do more of what you want to do.