少年
shào nián
Pinyin

Definition

少年
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shào nián
  1. early youth
  2. youngster
  3. (literary) youth
  4. young man

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
nián dài
  1. 1 a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. 2 age
  3. 3 era
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
nián yè
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
nián nián
  1. 1 year after year
  2. 2 yearly
  3. 3 every year
  4. 4 annually

Idioms (20)

一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人寿年丰
rén shòu nián fēng
  1. 1 long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society
  2. 2 prosperity
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
十年树木,百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
君子报仇,十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
好汉不提当年勇
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
  1. 1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
  1. 1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
  2. 2 dilapidated

Sample Sentences

对啊,那再到后来,金马奖上又出现了很多思想前卫、表现大胆的新浪潮电影,侯孝贤的《悲情城市》、杨德昌的《牯岭街少年杀人事件》是其中的代表。
duìa ,nà zài dào hòulái ,jīnmǎjiǎng shàng yòu chūxiàn le hěn duō sīxiǎng qiánwèi 、biǎoxiàn dàdǎn de xīnlàngcháo diànyǐng ,Hóu Xiàoxián de 《 bēiqíngchéngshì 》、Yáng Déchāng de 《 gǔlǐngjiēshàoniánshārénshìjiàn 》shì qízhōngde dàibiǎo 。
Yeah, then after that, there were the avant garde and bold New Wave films, such as the representative works, Hou Hsiao-hsien's "A City of Sadness" and Edward Yang's "A Brighter Summer's Day".
近几年来,父亲和我都是东奔西走,家中光景是一日不如一日。他少年出外谋生,独力支持,做了许多大事。哪知老境却如此颓唐!他触目伤怀,自然情不能自已。情郁于中,自然要发之于外;家庭琐屑便往往触他之怒。他待我渐渐不同往日。但最近两年的不见,他终于忘却我的不好,只是惦记着我,惦记着我的儿子。
jìnjǐniánlái ,fùqin hé wǒ dōu shì dōng bēn xī zǒu ,jiāzhōng guāngjǐng shì yīrì bùrú yīrì 。tā shàonián chūwài móushēng ,dúlì zhīchí ,zuò le xǔduō dàshì 。nǎ zhī lǎojìng què rúcǐ tuítáng !tā chùmù shānghuái ,zìrán qíng bùnéng zìyǐ 。qíng yù yú zhōng ,zìrán yào fā zhī yú wài ;jiātíng suǒxiè biàn wǎngwǎng chù tā zhī nù 。tā dài wǒ jiànjiàn bùtóng wǎngrì 。dàn zuìjìn liǎng nián de bùjiàn ,tā zhōngyú wàngquè wǒ de bù hǎo ,zhǐshì diànji zhe wǒ ,diànji zhe wǒ de érzi 。
In the recent year, both father and I have been very busy with work in separate parts of the country. The family finances continue to deteriorate day by day. When he was young, he left home to make a living. He had achieved so many great things all by himself. Who would have imagined his older years to be so disheartening. It is no surprise that as he looks back on his life and feels sad and dispirited. These circumstances made him very temperamental and every trivial matter at home made him angry. He started to treat me differently than he did before. After these recent two years of separation, however, he finally forgot about my failing and started to showing interest and tenderness to my son and I.
花开堪折直须折,我们当年也算是不负少年时呀。
huākāikānzhézhíxūzhépick ,wǒmen dāngnián yě suànshì bùfùshàoniánshí ya 。
I can say in our younger days we had tried to live our life to the fullest.
Go to Lesson 
一位游戏监管者说,这就需要从学校和家庭教育入手,对青少年进行积极引导,给予其更多的温暖和关怀。
yī wèi yóuxì jiānguǎnzhě shuō ,zhè jiù xūyào cóng xuéxiào hé jiātíngjiàoyù rùshǒu ,duì qīngshàonián jìnxíng jījí yǐndǎo ,jǐyǔ qí gèng duō de wēnnuǎn hé guānhuái 。
A games regulator said that this must start with both school and family education by actively providing guidance to these young people and giving them more warmth and care.
沉迷网络的青少年,有的是在家里感觉不到家庭的温暖,有的是在学校成绩不好感觉不到学习的乐趣,但游戏可以满足这些。”
chénmí Wǎngluò de qīngshàonián ,yǒudeshì zài jiālǐ gǎnjué bùdào jiātíng de wēnnuǎn ,yǒudeshì zài xuéxiào chéngjì bùhǎo gǎnjué bùdào xuéxí de lèqù ,dàn yóuxì kěyǐ mǎnzú zhèxiē 。”
Some teenagers lack family warmth while others who do not do well at school fail to experience the joy of learning. Mobile games can however satisfy these needs.
防治青少年沉迷游戏,是社会大课题,牵涉到多方力量。
fángzhì qīngshàonián chénmí yóuxì ,shì shèhuì dà kètí ,qiānshè dào duōfāng lìliang 。
To prevent teenage addiction to mobile games has become a major social problem that involves many forces.
其中,青少年是游戏用户主力群体之一。
qízhōng ,qīngshàonián shì yóuxì yònghù zhǔlì qúntǐ zhīyī 。
Among them, teenagers are one of the main groups of game users.
游戏吸引青少年的一大原因是“朋辈心理”。
yóuxì xīyǐn qīngshàonián de yīdà yuányīn shì “péngbèixīnlǐ ”。
Peer psychology is one of the main reason for teenage addiction to mobile games.
如何让孩子放下手机游戏——青少年沉迷网络游戏乱象与预防措施调查
rúhé ràng háizi fàngxià shǒujī yóuxì ——qīngshàonián chénmí Wǎngluò yóuxì luànxiàng yǔ yùfáng cuòshī diàochá
How to get children not to indulge in mobile games - problems and chaos with teenage indulgence in mobile games and a survey on preventive measures.
防治青少年沉迷游戏,不应将希望只寄托在企业开发一套严格的防沉迷系统,应是社会整体联防:法律的归法律,技术的归技术,教育的归教育,家庭的归家庭。
fángzhì qīngshàonián chénmí yóuxì ,bù yīng jiāng xīwàng zhǐ jìtuō zài qǐyè kāifā yītào yángé de fáng chénmí xìtǒng ,yīngshì shèhuì zhěngtǐ liánfáng :fǎlǜ de guī fǎlǜ ,jìshù de guī jìshù ,jiàoyù de guī jiàoyù ,jiātíng de guī jiātíng 。
Preventive and control measures on teenage mobile games addiction should not rest solely on enterprises to develop anti addiction prevention system. Instead it should be a holistic social defence mechanism: what is law, technology, education and family should come under law, technology, education and family respectively.