黄金时代

黃金時代

huángjīn-shídài

idiom #30,649

Meanings

1 golden age
2 peak era of a person's life or a civilization
3 period of greatest prosperity

Characters

era; generation

Examples

HSK 1

那是中国电影的黄金时代。

Nà shì Zhōngguó diànyǐng de huángjīn-shídài.

That was the golden age of Chinese cinema.

HSK 3

二十几岁是人生的黄金时代。

Èrshí jǐ suì shì rénshēng de huángjīn-shídài.

Your twenties are life's golden years.

HSK 4

公司正处于黄金时代。

Gōngsī zhèng chǔyú huángjīn-shídài.

The company is in its golden period right now.

Tips

culture

王小波's 1992 novella 《黄金时代》 (published in Taiwan that year, mainland 1994) turned the phrase into a literary touchstone, the 'golden age' of youth set against the Cultural Revolution. Many educated Chinese readers associate the idiom with that book before its older meaning.

usage

Two scopes: personal (one's prime, youth, creative peak, athletic peak) and historical (an era of flourishing). Context usually makes it clear. Adjective form: 黄金般的.

Stroke Order

黄 huáng

金 jīn

时 shí

代 dài