早年
zǎo nián
Pinyin

Definition

早年
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zǎo nián
  1. early years
  2. adolescence

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
早
zǎo
  1. 1 early
  2. 2 morning
  3. 3 Good morning!
  4. 4 long ago
  5. 5 prematurely

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

是很可怜，不过这些年，那里很多人都通过亲属移民的方式去海外和早年偷渡的亲人团聚。
shì hěn kělián ，bùguò zhèxiēnián ，nàlǐ hěnduō rén dōu tōngguò qīnshǔyímín de fāngshì qù hǎiwài hé zǎonián tōudù de qīnrén tuánjù 。
Yes, it’s a pity, but more recently, many people there have emigrated through their relations and been reunited with their family members who stowed away many years before.
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