少年不识愁滋味

少年不識愁滋味
Shàonián bù shí chóu zīwèi
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 when young, one does not know the taste of sorrow
  2. 2 youth is innocent of real grief
  3. 3 opening line of Xin Qiji's famous ci on feigned melancholy

Examples

Shàoniánbùshíchóuzīwèi, zhǎngdà cái dǒng fùmǔ de xīnláo.
Youth does not know the taste of sorrow; only after growing up does one understand parents' toil.
Huíxiǎng dāngnián qiǎng shuō chóu de rìzi, zhēnshì shàoniánbùshíchóuzīwèi.
Looking back on those days of forced melancholy — truly, the young don't know what real sorrow tastes like.

Stroke Order

shǎo
nián
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chóu
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