年幼
nián yòu
Pinyin

Definition

年幼
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nián yòu
  1. young
  2. underage

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 classifier: 个 gè
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)

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)

Sample Sentences

白羊座就像年幼的孩子一样，真情流露、坦白、开放，但也十分自我中心和孩子气。她们很善良，不会利用朋友，但是最大的缺点是爱面子，永远不会承认错误。
báiyángzuò jiù xiàng niányòu de háizi yīyàng ，zhēnqíngliúlù 、tǎnbái 、kāifàng ，dàn yě shífēn zìwǒzhōngxīn hé háiziqì 。tāmen hěn shànliáng ，bùhuì lìyòng péngyou ，dànshì zuìdà de quēdiǎn shì àimiànzi ，yǒngyuǎn bùhuì chéngrèn cuòwù 。
Aries are like little children - revealing their true feelings, frank and open. However, they are also selfish and childish. They are very kind and won't take advantage of their friends, but their biggest fault is their love of face. They can never admit that they've made a mistake.
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是啊。不过据说最近有科学家宣称终于找到了答案。德国的科学家们在研究婴儿的反应实验中发现，年幼的婴儿们竟然个个都是助人为乐的“好儿童”，由此证实了人性善良的本质。
shì a 。bùguò jùshuō zuìjìn yǒu kēxuéjiā xuānchēng zhōngyú zhǎodào le dá àn 。Déguó de kēxuéjiā men zài yánjiū yīng ér de fǎnyìng shíyàn zhōng fāxiàn ，niányòu de yīng ér men jìngrán gègè dōu shì zhùrénwéilè de “hǎo értóng ”，yóucǐ zhèngshí le rénxìng shànliáng de běnzhì 。
Huh? Sounds really interesting. Exactly what experiments did they use to prove this?
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爹爹，您体弱多病，弟弟还年幼，让我替您出征吧！
diēdie ，nín tǐruòduōbìng ，dìdi hái niányòu ，ràng wǒ tì nín chūzhēng ba ！
Father, you've become weak and are continuously falling ill. Also, our family's youngest male is still underage. Let me go into battle in your place!
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