岁 月 suì yuè years / time 年 华 nián huá years / time / age 青 年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young 多 年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding 当 年 dāng nián in those days / then / in those years / during that time 三 年 sān nián three years 近 年 来 jìn nián lái for the past few years 几 年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years 百 年 bǎi nián hundred years / century / lifetime 四 年 sì nián four years 多 年 来 duō nián lái for the past many years 近 几 年 jìn jǐ nián in recent years 常 年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year 年 间 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade) 几 十 年 jǐ shí nián several tens of years / several decades 老 年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years 年 限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years 年 来 nián lái this past year / over the last years 管 制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) 一 世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) 历 年 lì nián over the years / bygone years 数 年 shù nián several years / many years 逐 年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years 往 年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years 早 年 zǎo nián early years / adolescence 晚 年 wǎn nián one's later years 十 五 年 shí wǔ nián fifteen years 千 秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 前 些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago 连 年 lián nián successive years / over many years 岁 数 suì shu age (number of years old) 蝉 联 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship 末 年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) 清 末 Qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing 最 近 几 年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 陈 年 chén nián old / stored for many years 四 年 前 sì nián qián four years previously 年 岁 nián suì years of age / age 余 生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) 十 一 年 shí yī nián eleven years 十 九 岁 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old 初 年 chū nián early years 侏 罗 纪 Zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) 芳 华 fāng huá young years / youth 昔 年 xī nián former years / previous years 壮 年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) 经 年 jīng nián for years / year after year 全 国 代 表 大 会 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years 往 届 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 英 年 yīng nián the prime of one's life / youthful years 年 事 nián shì years of age / age 八 旬 bā xún eighty years 终 老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years 死 缓 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) 不 惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age 属 相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle 纪 年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle 古 稀 gǔ xī seventy years old 有 年 yǒu nián for years 故 知 gù zhī a close friend over many years 豆 蔻 dòu kòu cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty 二 十 六 岁 èr shí liù suì 26 years old 长 年 累 月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years 超 龄 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike 暮 年 mù nián one's declining years / old age 百 年 不 遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) 老 当 益 壮 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng old but vigorous (idiom) / hale and hearty despite the years 教 龄 jiào líng years of teaching experience / teaching experience 三 十 而 立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) 后 生 可 畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time 中 生 代 Zhōng shēng dài Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 / and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪) 全 国 运 动 会 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 白 垩 纪 Bái è jì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) 经 年 累 月 jīng nián lěi yuè for years / over the years 晚 景 wǎn jǐng evening scene / circumstances of one's declining years 虚 岁 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) &ndash / In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 末 叶 mò yè final years / end (of a decade, era etc) 初 叶 chū yè early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years 农 运 会 Nóng yùn huì China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988) 积 年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age 几 年 来 jǐ nián lái for the past several years 古 生 代 Gǔ shēng dài Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪 三 叠 纪 Sān dié jì Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) 岁 classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) 届 to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) 秩 order / orderliness / (classifier) ten years 旬 ten days / ten years / full period 帙 variant of 帙[zhi4] / variant of 秩[zhi4] / (classifier) ten years 笄 15 years old / hairpin for bun 蔀 cycle of 76 years / shade 豆 蔻 年 华 dòu kòu nián huá a girl's teenage years (idiom) / maidenhood / a budding beauty 一 年 被 蛇 咬 十 年 怕 井 绳 yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom) / once bitten twice shy 年 逾 古 稀 nián yú gǔ xī over seventy years old 日 月 蹉 跎 rì yuè cuō tuó the years have slipped by 岁 月 如 流 suì yuè rú liú the passage of the years / the flow of time 岁 月 峥 嵘 suì yuè zhēng róng eventful years / momentous times 百 年 树 人 bǎi nián shù rén It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom) / fig. a good education program takes a long time to develop / cf. 十年樹木，百年樹人|十年树木，百年树人 钟 鸣 漏 尽 zhōng míng lòu jìn past one's prime / in one's declining years 长 夜 难 明 cháng yè nán míng lit. many nights under a harsh moon / long years of oppression (idiom) 隔 年 皇 历 gé nián huáng lì lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
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