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少年

shào nián

HSK 2 · word 954 of 3,000

Meaning

• early youth
• youngster
• (literary) youth; young man

Example sentence

Characters in 少年

• 少 shǎo few
• 年 nián grain

少 young plus 年 years — early youth, younger than 青年 and older than 儿童.

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