壮年

壯年
zhuàngnián
noun #40,451

Meanings

  1. 1 prime of life

Examples

HSK 5
Tā zhuàngnián shíqī líkāi le jiāxiāng, dào lǎo le cái huílai.
He left his hometown in the prime of life and only came back when he was old.
HSK 7-9
Wǒ fùqīn zhuàngnián shí néng kángqǐ liǎng dài dàmǐ.
In his prime, my father could lift two sacks of rice.

Tips

usage
The stages of life: 童年 (childhood), 少年 (early teens), 青年 (youth), 壮年 (prime, roughly the thirties and forties), 中年 (middle age), 老年 (old age). "In one's prime" is 正当壮年 or 正值壮年.

Stroke Order

壮 zhuàng
年 nián