unripe color; immature; youthful adolescence
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesadjective
greenish and astringent; unripe; lacking maturity
literaryLiterally describes unripe fruit. Commonly used as a metaphor to describe inexperience, youth, or a stage of development that is still naive and not fully formed.
Nà那
xiē些
píng苹
guǒ果
hái还
shì是
qīng青
sè色
de的
，
yào要
děng等
yī一
gè个
yuè月
cái才
néng能
chī吃
。
Those apples are still green and astringent; we have to wait a month before we can eat them.
Nà那
shì是
tā他
qīng青
sè色
nián年
huá华
lǐ里
yī一
duàn段
zhēn珍
guì贵
de的
jì记
yì忆
。
That is a precious memory from his green and inexperienced youth.
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Zhè这
bù部
zuò作
pǐn品
suī虽
xiǎn显
qīng青
sè色
，
dàn但
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
chuàng创
xīn新
de的
huǒ火
huā花
。
Though this work shows some immaturity, it is full of innovative sparks.
Tā他
de的
xiǎng想
fǎ法
hěn很
hǎo好
，
dàn但
jì计
huà划
hái还
yǒu有
xiē些
qīng青
sè色
，
xū需
yào要
xì细
huà化
。
His idea is good, but the plan is still a bit raw and needs to be refined.