小时候 (小時候)
xiǎo shí hou
Pinyin

Definition

小时候 (小時候)
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xiǎo shí hou
  1. in one's childhood

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
伺候
cì hòu
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 to wait upon
到时候
dào shí hòu
  1. 1 when the moment comes
  2. 2 at that time

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)

Sample Sentences

没错，想想我们小时候，学校作业一大堆，回到家以后，还得完成妈妈布置的作业。
méicuò ，xiǎngxiang wǒmen xiǎo shíhou ，xuéxiào zuòyè yīdàduī ，huídàojiā yǐhòu ，hái děi wánchéng māma bùzhì de zuòyè 。
That's right, thinking back on when we were little, we had a ton of homework, so when we went back home, we also had to finish the homework assigned by mom.
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你这么说，我倒想起小时候爸妈工作忙，晚上都是我小姑姑接我放学，做晚饭给我吃。虽然她最近老是嫌我老公不长进……
nǐ zhèmeshuō ，wǒ dào xiǎng qǐ xiǎo shíhou bàmā gōngzuò máng ，wǎnshang dōu shì wǒ xiǎo gūgu jiē wǒ fàngxué ，zuò wǎnfàn gěi wǒ chī 。suīrán tā zuìjìn lǎoshi to be bothered by wǒ lǎogōng bù zhǎngjìn ……
Now that you say that, I remember when I was young and my parents were busy with work, my auntie would pick me up in the evening after school and make dinner for me. Although now she's always saying how she dislikes that my husband isn't progressing so well...
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可不是吗？小时候，哭着哭着就笑了，长大了，笑着笑着就哭了。是不是越长大，越不快乐啊，好惆怅。
kěbushì ma ？xiǎo shíhou ，kū zhe kū zhe jiù xiào le ，zhǎngdà le ，xiào zhe xiào zhe jiù kū le 。shìbushì yuè zhǎngdà ，yuè bù kuàilè ā ，hǎo chóuchàng 。
Isn't it just? When I was young, I would laugh after crying and crying. Now that I'm older, I cry after laughing and laughing. Does it mean that the older you get, the less happy you are? How depressing.
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谁说不是呢！可如今的年味儿是越来越淡了，不像小时候，一到过年就激动兴奋得不得了！
shéi shuō bùshì ne ！kě rújīn de niánwèir shì yuèláiyuè dàn le ，bù xiàng xiǎo shíhou ，yī dào guònián jiù jīdòng xīngfèn de bùdeliǎo ！
Tell me about it! But there's less and less of a festive atmosphere nowadays, unlike when I was younger, when as soon as it got to Chinese New Year it was really exciting!
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是啊，小时候平时吃不到的好东西都能在过年時一饱口福。家家户户一早就开始张罗年夜饭了，可热闹了。
shì a ，xiǎo shíhou píngshí chībudào de hǎo dōngxi dōu néng zài guònián shí yī bǎo kǒufú 。jiājiāhùhù yī zǎo jiù kāishǐ zhāngluó niányèfàn le ，kě rènao le 。
Yeah, when we were little, around Chinese New Year you could eat your fill of all the good things that you normally couldn't eat. Every house started preparing Chinese New Year's dinner from early in the morning, it was so lively.
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我很怀念小时候吃过的一种糖果，但是现在买不到了。
wǒ hěn huáiniàn xiǎo shíhou chīguò de yīzhǒng tángguǒ ，dànshì xiànzài mǎi bu dào le 。
I really miss a type of candy I used to have when I was a kid, but you can't buy it these days.
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你看，我小时候的照片。
nǐ kàn ，wǒ xiǎo shíhou de zhàopiàn 。
Look, a photograph from when I was young.
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大家都说我小时候很可爱。
dàjiā dōu shuō wǒ xiǎo shíhou hěn kě ài 。
Everyone says I was very cute when I was young.
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小时候提到僵尸，都跟怪力乱神的事连在一起，什么道士作法啊、符箓、鬼怪等等，现在提到僵尸，似乎都跟病毒、传染病、疫苗、世界末日什么的连在一起了。
xiǎo shíhou tídào jiāngshī ，dōu gēn guài lì luàn shén de shì liánzàiyīqǐ ，shénme dàoshi zuò fǎ ā 、fúlù 、guǐguài děngdeng ，xiànzài tídào jiāngshī ，sìhu dōu gēn bìngdú 、chuánrǎnbìng 、yìmiáo 、shìjièmòrì shénme de lián zài yīqǐ le 。
Whenever people would bring up zombies and magical forces when I was little, it was always to do with Taoist spells, curses, ghosts and monsters, but now when people talk of zombies, it is associated more with viruses, infections, vaccines and stuff like the apocalypse.
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你也别不信，我小时候还有个广播节目，专门讲这些乡野传奇，大人小孩都爱听呢！有什么绿毛僵尸、飞天僵尸，一般的僵尸只能跳，飞天僵尸可是会飞的呢！
nǐ yě bié bùxìn ，wǒ xiǎo shíhou háiyǒu gè guǎngbō jiémù ，zhuānmén jiǎng zhèxiē xiāngyě chuánqí ，dàren xiǎohái dōu ài tīng ne ！yǒu shénme lǜmáojiāngshī 、fēi tiānjiāngshī ，yībān de jiāngshī zhǐnéng tiào ，fēi tiānjiāngshī kěshì huì fēi de ne ！
You shouldn't take things so lightly, when I was younger there was a radio show which focused on these kind of folk tales, adults and children both would listen to it, it talked about green haired zombies and flying zombies. Normal zombies can only jump, flying zombies can fly!
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