青年节
Qīng nián jié
Pinyin

Definition

青年节
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Qīng nián jié
  1. Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
过年
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
来年
lái nián
  1. 1 next year
  2. 2 the coming year
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
年代
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]
年初
nián chū
  1. 1 beginning of the year
年味
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
年夜
nián yè
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
年年
nián nián
  1. 1 year after year
  2. 2 yearly
  3. 3 every year
  4. 4 annually
年底
nián dǐ
  1. 1 the end of the year
  2. 2 year-end
年度
nián dù
  1. 1 year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
  2. 2 annual

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)
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
  1. 1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
  2. 2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
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
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
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.
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
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
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)
山青水灵
shān qīng shuǐ líng
  1. 1 green mountains and vivacious waters (idiom)
  2. 2 lush and lively scenery
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
  1. 1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
  2. 2 dilapidated
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
  1. 1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
年富力强
nián fù lì qiáng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年轻力壮
nián qīng lì zhuàng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老师，我们抗议，今天是五四青年节，凡是14到28周岁的青年按规定要放假半天。
lǎoshī ，wǒmen kàngyì ，jīntiān shì Wǔsì qīngnián jié ，fánshì shísì dào èrshíbā zhōusuì de qīngnián àn guīdìng yào fàngjià bàntiān 。
Teacher, we’re protesting. Today is the May Fourth Holiday. By law, all young people from the ages of 14 to 28 are allowed to take half of the day off today.
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