Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Young and vigorous: Describes a person, typically a young adult, who is in the prime of youth, full of vitality, health, and energy.
   • Young and carefree: Conveys a state of being not only young but also relatively free from major life burdens or serious worries, often associated with the early stages of marriage or adulthood.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Họ là một cặp vợ chồng còn son trẻ. (They are a young and vigorous married couple.)
  • Anh ấy mới ngoài ba mươi, vẫn còn son trẻ lắm. (He is just over thirty, still very young and full of vitality.)
  • Những năm tháng son trẻ ấy thật đẹp. (Those young and carefree years were truly beautiful.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "son trẻ" often carries a nostalgic or comparative nuance, contrasting the described state with later stages of life that involve more responsibilities or diminished energy.
  • Giờ đã khác xa thời son trẻ. (It's so different now from my young and carefree days.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trẻ trung (adj): youthful, young-looking. This focuses more on appearance or spirit rather than the combined vigor and carefree state of "son trẻ."
  • Cô ấy vẫn rất trẻ trung. (She still looks very youthful.)

Synonyms

• Youthful and energetic: having the qualities of youth and vigor.
• In one's prime: at the peak of one's youth and abilities.
• Young and unburdened: young and free from heavy responsibilities.

Related Idioms

• While "son trẻ" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it conceptually relates to phrases about youth.
  • Tuổi thanh xuân: the time of youth; one's youth.

    • Anh ấy đã sống hết mình ở tuổi thanh xuân. (He lived his youth to the fullest.)

adj

1. young and vigorous