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青春

qīng chūn · qing chun

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HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. youth
  2. youthfulness
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The old song

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)听(tīng)，这是(zhèshì)我们(wǒmen)高中(gāozhōng)时(shí)常(cháng)听(tīng)的(de)歌(gē)。

    Listen, this is a song we often listened to in high school.

  2. Dengdeng

    那(nà)时候(shíhou)我们(wǒmen)多(duō)年轻(niánqīng)啊(a)，那(nà)是(shì)我们(wǒmen)的(de)青春(qīngchūn)。

    How young we were then. That was our youth.

  3. Liangliang

    对(duì)，我们(wǒmen)每天(měitiān)一起(yīqǐ)听(tīng)，一起(yīqǐ)唱(chàng)。

    Yes, we listened and sang together every day.

  4. Dengdeng

    青春(qīngchūn)就是(jiùshì)和(hé)朋友(péngyou)一起(yīqǐ)唱歌(chànggē)、一起(yīqǐ)玩(wán)。

    Youth is just singing and playing together with friends.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)现在(xiànzài)也(yě)可以(kěyǐ)。

    Then we can do that now too.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，今天(jīntiān)我们(wǒmen)再(zài)唱(chàng)一首(yīshǒu)青春(qīngchūn)的(de)歌(gē)！

    OK, today let us sing another song of youth!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)通(tōng)过(guò)跑(pǎo)步(bù)保(bǎo)持(chí)青(qīng)春(chūn)的(de)活(huó)力(lì)。

He keeps his youthful energy through running.

02

当(dāng)我(wǒ)们(men)回(huí)眸(móu)青(qīng)春(chūn)，仿(fǎng)佛(fú)有(yǒu)一(yì)种(zhǒng)说(shuō)不(bu)出(chū)的(de)痛(tòng)。

When we look back at our youth, there seems to be an indescribable pain.

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