永葆青春

yǒngbǎoqīngchūn
idiom #31,214

Meanings

  1. 1 to stay forever young
  2. 2 to keep one's youth permanently

Examples

Zhù nín yǒngbǎo qīngchūn, shēntǐ jiànkāng.
Wishing you eternal youth and good health.
Zhè kuǎn miànshuāng hàochēng néng ràng jīfū yǒngbǎo qīngchūn.
This face cream claims to keep skin eternally young.
Tā rè'ài xuéxí, ràng xīnlíng yǒngbǎo qīngchūn.
His love of learning keeps his spirit forever young.

Tips

usage
永葆青春 is a stock four-character set phrase — not in 《新华成语词典》 as a classical chengyu but firmly entrenched as a wish/slogan. You'll see it in birthday greetings, beauty advertising, and inspirational copy ('keep your team / your spirit / your skin forever young'). Built from 'forever' + 'preserve' (literary) + 青春 'youth' = 'forever-preserve-youth'.
memory
(bǎo) is a literary cousin of (bǎo, 'protect/preserve') — same sound, same idea, just dressier. Its base meaning is 'lush vegetation' (, Xinhua), and from there 'guard, keep flourishing'. Picture youth as a garden you keep lush.

Stroke Order

yǒng
bǎo
qīng
chūn