年 轻 nián qīng young 幼 稚 yòu zhì young / childish / puerile 小 small / tiny / few / young 青 年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young 年 少 nián shào young / junior 青 年 人 qīng nián rén young person / the young 年 幼 nián yòu young / underage 幼 小 yòu xiǎo young / immature 少 young 小 姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 少 女 shào nu:3 girl / young lady 少 年 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man 妹 妹 younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] 姑 娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] 上 下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about 小 子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) 年 轻 人 nián qīng rén young people / youngster 从 小 cóng xiǎo from childhood / from a young age 幼 儿 yòu ér young child / infant / preschooler 女 郎 nu:3 láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 小 伙 子 xiǎo huǒ zi young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] 少 妇 shào fù young married woman 少 爷 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) 造 就 zào jiù to bring up / to train / to contribute to / achievements (usually of young people) 小 儿 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son 媳 妇 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife (of a younger man) / young married woman / young woman 小 妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 红 颜 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks 小 鸟 xiǎo niǎo small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie 满 怀 mǎn huái to have one's heart filled with / (to collide) full on / (of farm animals) heavy with young 师 弟 shī dì young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate 依 依 yī yī to regret leaving / reluctant to part / (onom.) young leaves stir gently in the wind 青 衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] 芳 心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman 小 将 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) 小 伙 xiǎo huǒ young guy / lad / youngster / CL:個|个[ge4] 启 蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty 相 公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband 老 少 lǎo shào the old and the young 青 涩 qīng sè underripe / (fig.) young and inexperienced 稚 嫩 zhì nèn young and tender / puerile / soft and immature 黄 花 huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types) / chrysanthemum / cauliflower / (yellow) daylily / a young virgin (boy or girl) 偶 像 剧 ǒu xiàng jù idol drama / drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers 娇 媚 jiāo mèi flirtatious / coquettish / sweet and charming / beautiful young woman (old) 阿 飞 ā fēi hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy 夭 折 yāo zhé to die young or prematurely / to come to a premature end / to be aborted prematurely 少 先 队 Shào Xiān duì Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队[Shao4 nian2 Xian1 feng1 dui4] 靓 仔 liàng zǎi handsome young man 幼 女 yòu nu:3 young girl 貌 美 mào měi good looks / pretty (e.g. young woman) 后 生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man 初 出 茅 庐 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn 老 小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young / the youngest member of the family 小 白 脸 xiǎo bái liǎn attractive young man (usually derog.) / pretty boy / gigolo 打 工 仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker / employee / young male worker 红 领 巾 hóng lǐng jīn red neckscarf / by extension, a member of the Young Pioneers 芳 华 fāng huá young years / youth 花 旦 huā dàn role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera 幼 苗 yòu miáo young sprout / bud / sapling / seedling 幼 童 yòu tóng young child 少 先 队 员 shào xiān duì yuán member of the Young Pioneers 打 工 妹 dǎ gōng mèi young female worker 小 两 口 xiǎo liǎng kǒu (coll.) young married couple 献 殷 勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself 少 奶 奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master 蓓 蕾 bèi lěi flower bud / young flower still tightly rolled up 鹿 茸 lù róng young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) 小 青 年 xiǎo qīng nián young person / youngster 竖 直 shù zhí vertical / to erect / to set upright / vertical stroke in Chinese characters / young servant (old) 苗 子 miáo zi young successor / seedling / sapling 孩 提 hái tí (literary) infant / young child 青 年 节 Qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off 血 气 方 刚 xuè qì fāng gāng full of sap (idiom) / young and vigorous 小 媳 妇 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride 洋 妞 yáng niū young foreign girl 香 椿 xiāng chūn Chinese toon (Toona sinensis), deciduous tree whose young leaves are used as a vegetable 媳 妇 儿 xí fu r wife / young married woman 芳 龄 fāng líng age (of a young woman) 青 工 qīng gōng young worker (esp of the CCP) 老 少 皆 宜 lǎo shào jiē yí suitable for both the young and the old 芳 容 fāng róng beautiful face (of a young lady) 小 开 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master 恶 少 è shào young thug / malicious young ruffian 警 花 jǐng huā attractive policewoman / young female cop 超 龄 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike 闺 秀 guī xiù well-bred young lady 小 管 xiǎo guǎn young squid (Tw) 参 茸 shēn róng ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM) 少 东 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss 年 富 力 强 nián fù lì qiáng young and vigorous (idiom) 后 生 可 畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time 少 年 犯 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent 扶 老 携 幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young 少 壮 派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave 少 年 老 成 shào nián lǎo chéng accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor 稚 子 zhì zǐ young child 少 年 先 锋 队 Shào nián Xiān fēng duì Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队 白 面 书 生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears 龙 驹 lóng jū fine horse / brilliant young man 十 日 谈 Shí rì Tán Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]
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