朝气蓬勃 (zhāo qì péng bó)

Character breakdown

• 朝 (Cháo) · 12 strokes

  Depicts the early part of morning when the sun (日) can still be seen on the horizon between blades of grass (屮), and the moon (月) is still in the sky. Based on the original meaning "early morning". Th…

• 气 (qì) · 4 strokes

  Depicts a gust of air.

• 蓬 (Péng) · 13 strokes

• 勃 (bó) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 孛 represents the sound and 力 represents the meaning.

Usage

这些年轻人个个朝气蓬勃。

full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark

zhè xiē nián qīng rén gè gè zhāo qì péng bó 。