Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Young, immature: Describes something or someone that is in the early stages of development, lacking maturity, experience, or full growth.
   • Tender, youthful: Emphasizes the quality of being young, fresh, and not yet fully developed or established.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ngành công nghệ này còn rất non trẻ. (This technology sector is still very young.)
  • Cô ấy còn non trẻ nên thiếu kinh nghiệm sống. (She is still young and therefore lacks life experience.)
  • Một quốc gia non trẻ. (A young nation.)

Advanced Usage

• "non trẻ" is often used to describe abstract concepts (industries, fields, democracies) or collective entities (nations, organizations) to emphasize their newness and early stage of development, rather than just biological age.
  • Nền dân chủ non trẻ cần được bảo vệ. (The young democracy needs to be protected.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trẻ trung (adj): Youthful, young (often referring to appearance or spirit).
  • Cô ấy trông rất trẻ trung. (She looks very youthful.)
• Non nớt (adj): Very young and inexperienced; naive (often with a slightly more negative connotation of immaturity).
  • Suy nghĩ còn non nớt. (Still immature in thinking.)

Synonyms

• Trẻ: Young (more general, often for age).
• Mới: New (focuses on recent origin, not necessarily immature).
• Ấu trĩ: Childish, immature (stronger negative connotation, often for ideas or behavior).

Antonyms

• Già dặn: Experienced, mature.
• Trưởng thành: Mature, grown-up.
• Phát triển: Developed, mature (for systems or industries).

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Non trẻ người non dạ": A proverb meaning "young in age, young in mind," highlighting the link between youth and inexperience or naivety.
  • Nó còn non trẻ người non dạ, đừng trách nó. (He's still young and inexperienced, don't blame him.)

1. Of tender age
2. Young
   • Nền công nghiệp non trẻ
     Young industry