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<< review queue entry 68685 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 花樣年華 refers to people who are typically around 18 to 22 years old, whereas "prime of life" often refers to people who are in their 30s, 40s or 50s. ------------------------ bloom a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement 'a handsome young man in the full bloom of youth' https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloom ----------------------- LA 花樣年華 : 青春有活力的歲月。 例 「正值花樣年華的她，對每件事都充滿憧憬」。 ------------------------ 1) Prime of life "Here Goya depicts himself in his mid-thirties or early forties, in the prime of his life" "At the age of sixty-three, Benjamin Smith is in the prime of his life when he suffers a massive heart attack that should have killed him." "Tiberius, at the age of forty-two, was in the very prime of life;" ----------------------- 2) 花樣年華 小琳這個夏天剛要從國立大學畢業，二十二歲的她正值人生的花樣年華，去年找了一位相熟的攝影師為她拍攝一系列全裸寫真集。 This summer, Hsiao Lin will graduate from university. At 22, in the prime of her youthful blossoming, she went to a photographer she knew to shoot her for a collection of fully nude pictures. 你曾經飢腸轆轆，胸腹間彷彿萬蟻鑽咬般難過嗎？你能理解為何花樣年華的少女，卻把自己餓到骨瘦如柴，還一直抱怨「太胖了」嗎？ Has your belly ever grumbled from hunger, gnawed at from the inside as if by thousands of ants? Can you understand why a young woman in the prime of life would starve herself until she was match-stick thin, even while constantly complaining that she is "too fat"? 花樣年華的大女兒，4年前插大考取遠在台北陽明山上的文化大學觀光系， Four years ago, that same daughter was accepted into the Department of Tourism Management at Taipei's Chinese Culture University. 花樣年華、離鄉背景的日子，磨練出她獨立自主的個性。 Leaving her home behind during her adolescence has served to mold Mme. Wei-wei's independent character. 18歲，花樣年華的連庭玉，在紡織廠被纖維機頭輾傷，右手肘下截肢， At the age of 18, Lian Tingyu lost her right arm below the elbow to a machine in the fabric mill in which she worked. 她只有十八歲，目前就讀美國麻省理工學院一年級，花樣年華、前程似錦。 Only 18, she is at present studying in the United States at M.I.T 亮麗青春、花樣年華，校園美容為那般？ In the flower of youth why go in for campus cosmetics? 廿歲原是花樣年華、意氣風發的年紀，但我的兒子元倫卻依然如七、八歲的孩子般，單純可愛。 Twenty is an age of complicated emotions and energies, but my son Yuan-lun is still as cute and simple as a seven or eight year old. Afflicted with Down's syndrome, he is the everlasting treasure of my heart. |
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- 花樣年華 花样年华 [hua1 yang4 nian2 hua2] /the prime of life/ + 花樣年華 花样年华 [hua1 yang4 nian2 hua2] /full bloom of youth/ |