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Change log entry 37680
Processed by: ycandau (2011-10-22 19:19:23 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 36393 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
For 青年人, "youth as a group" doesn't seem right in the following examples:

1 N ~ 这几年社会上流行小平头,好多年青人都是那个发型。

2 N ~ 老虎机害人不浅,使许多青少年误入歧途。

3 江苏一位8旬老人和奥迪车主发生争执,对话如下:
车主:“老瘪三,找死啊,当心我撞死你!”
老人:“青年人, 别动不动就出口伤人!”

Isn't 青年人 best regarded as simply a construct: 青年 + 人?

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For 青年, "youth" is quite ambiguous, and the definition doesn't make it clear
whether 青年 can be all of the following:

an individual (F ~ 一个/名/位青年 a youth; a young person)
youth as a group (F ~ 青年团体 youth organization)
a period of one's life (F ~ 他青年时学过医。)
Diff:
- 青年人 青年人 [qing1 nian2 ren2] /youth as a group/
- 青年 青年 [qing1 nian2] /youth/CL:個|个[ge4]/
+ 青年 青年 [qing1 nian2] /youth/youthful years/young person/the young/
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+ 青年人 青年人 [qing1 nian2 ren2] /young person/the young/
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