Definition

1. Noun:
   • Youth / The springtime of life: The period of life characterized by being young, typically associated with vitality, energy, and the prime of one's years. It connotes a time of freshness, beauty, and potential.
   • One's youth (as a collective experience): Refers to the memories, feelings, and experiences of being young.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Thanh xuân là khoảng thời gian đẹp nhất. (Youth is the most beautiful time.)
  • Cô ấy đã dành cả thanh xuân để nghiên cứu. (She devoted her entire youth to research.)
  • Chúng tôi nhớ về thanh xuân đã qua. (We remember our bygone youth.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ký ức thanh xuân": Youthful memories.

  • Những ký ức thanh xuân ấy thật đáng trân trọng. (Those youthful memories are truly precious.)

• "Tuổi thanh xuân": Youthful age / The age of youth.

  • Tuổi thanh xuân tràn đầy nhiệt huyết. (Youthful age is full of passion.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tuổi trẻ (n): Youth, young age. Often used interchangeably with "thanh xuân," though "tuổi trẻ" can be more literal.

  • Anh ấy có một tuổi trẻ sôi nổi. (He had an eventful youth.)

• Xuân thì (n, literary): Springtime of life; a poetic synonym for youth.

  • Xuân thì chẳng hai lần thắm lại. (The spring of life does not bloom twice.)

Synonyms

• Youth: The period between childhood and adult age.
• The prime of life: The period in life when one is at their peak.
• The springtime of one's years: A metaphorical term for youth.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Thanh xuân vĩnh viễn: Eternal youth.

  • Cô ấy dường như có một thanh xuân vĩnh viễn. (She seems to have eternal youth.)

• Lãng phí thanh xuân: To waste one's youth.

  • Đừng lãng phí thanh xuân vào những trò vô bổ. (Don't waste your youth on useless pastimes.)