| 少年老成 |
shào nián lǎo chéng |
accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor |
| 少 |
shǎo |
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom |
| 少 |
shào |
young |
| 少年 |
shào nián |
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man |
| 年 |
Nián |
surname Nian |
| 年 |
nián |
year / CL:个 |
| 年 |
nián |
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 |
| 年老 |
nián lǎo |
aged |
| 老 |
lǎo |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 老成 |
lǎo chéng |
mature / experienced / sophisticated |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |