"百年" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 百年 | bǎi nián | hundred years / century / lifetime |   | |
Results beginning with 百年 | ||||
| 百年好合 | bǎi nián hǎo hé | may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) | | |
| 百年不遇 | bǎi nián bù yù | only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) | | |
| 百年大计 | bǎi nián dà jì | a project of vital and lasting importance | | |
| 百年树人 | bǎi nián shù rén | (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens | | |
Approximate Results for 百年 | ||||
| 五百年前是一家 | wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā | five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname) | | |
| 十年树木，百年树人 | shí nián - shù mù , bǎi nián - shù rén | (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people | | |
| 十年树木，百年树人 | shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén | It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop. | | |
| 世界大洋深度图百年会议 | GEBCO Centenary Conference | | ||
