Idioms describing young people

In one's prime of life, fearful of future generations, in the prime of life, strong in body and full of vitality

1. In one's prime [fēng huá zhèng mào]

Explanation: Fenghua: Style, talent; Mao: vigorous. It’s the time to be young, charming and talented. Describes the energetic and enterprising spirit of young people.

From: Mao Zedong's "Qinyuan Chun·Changsha": "The classmates are young; they are in their prime; they are full of scholarly energy; they scold Fang Qiu."

Translation: The classmates are in their youth. In the prime of life, everyone is full of ambition, unrestrained and powerful.

2. The descendants can be feared [ hòu shēng kě wèi ]

Explanation: The descendants: young people, younger generations; fear: awe. Young people are awesome. Describes that young people can surpass their predecessors.

From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius's "The Analects of Confucius·Zihan": "You are to be feared by those who come after you. How could you know that those who come are not as good as they are now."

Translation: Young people are to be feared, how do you know? People in the future will be inferior to people in the present.

3. nián fù lì qiáng [ nián fù lì qiáng ]

Explanation: rich in years: many years in the future. Described as young and energetic.

From: Guo Moruo's "Spring of Science": Take advantage of your youth and strength to make more contributions to the people!

4. Strong [ shēn qiáng lì zhuàng ]

Explanation: Describing the body as strong and powerful.

From: Liang Bin's "Red Flag Book" 10: At that time, Uncle Zhong was still strong and stocky, with a red face and a short beard with black and yellow elements.

5. Vibrant [ shēng qì bó bó ]

Explanation: Vigorous: vigorous appearance. Describes a person or society that is full of vigor and vitality.

From: Xu Chi's "Selected Close-ups: Preface": "The most important things in life are still those things that are upward, vibrant, full of enthusiasm and vitality, and have great imagination.