如果你認為教育是昂貴的, 那麼你等著看無知讓你付出的代價。 - Zhictionary

Zhictionary

如果你認為教育是昂貴的, 那麼你等著看無知讓你付出的代價。

If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

if
in case
in the event that

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

to educate
to teach
education

to be (followed by substantives only)
correct; right; true
(respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
(adverb for emphatic assertion)

variant of 是 shì

expensive
costly

of; ~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

like that; in that way; to that extent
(before a number) ... or so; about ...
then; in that case

(archaic) you all

a move in chess (Taiwan pr. zhuó)
trick; tactic
(dialect) okay; all right
(dialect) to put in; to add

to touch
to come in contact with
to feel
to be affected by
to catch fire
to burn
(coll.) to fall asleep
(after a verb) hitting the mark
succeeding in

aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state

to wear (clothes)
to contact
to use
to apply

to make known
to show
to prove
to write
book
outstanding

to look after
to take care of
to watch
to guard

to see; to look at
to read
to watch
to visit; to call on
to consider; to regard as
to look after
to treat (a patient or illness)
to depend on
to feel (that)
(after a verb) to give it a try
to watch out for

ignorant
ignorance

to yield
to permit
to let sb do sth
to have sb do sth
to make sb (feel sad etc)
by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被 bèi)

you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)

you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)

to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

of; ~'s (possessive particle)
(used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
(used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
(used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs

a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)

really and truly

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

price
cost
consideration (in share dealing)