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  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
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next year
HSK 1
half a year
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this year
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grain / harvest (old) / variant of
HSK 1
last year
HSK 1
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
anniversary / annual
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grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
youth / youthful years / young person / the young
HSK 2
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
middle age
HSK 2
the year before last
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
young
HSK 2
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
the end of the year / year-end
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a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
beginning of the year
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HSK 3
the year after next
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academic year
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childhood
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many years / for many years / longstanding
HSK 4
in those days; back then; in those years / to be in the prime of life
HSK 5
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
(a person's) age / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
all year round / for years on end / average year
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in former years; in previous years
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all year round
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to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
to grow to adulthood / fully grown; adult / the whole year
HSK 7-9
age limit / fixed number of years
HSK 7-9
annual salary
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the same year
HSK 7-9
many years ago; in the past / in one's early years
HSK 7-9
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
end of the year
HSK 7-9
old / aged
HSK 7-9
one's later years
HSK 7-9
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
minor (i.e. person under 18)
HSK 7-9
(loanword) carnival
HSK 7-9
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
year after year / with each passing year / over the years
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lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom) / fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
particular year
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  *年* | 年* | *年
surname Nian
anniversary celebration
the solar year / the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
annual report
old in years
annual meeting
that very same year
merchandise sold for Chinese New Year
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
during the current year
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
recent year(s)
underage
Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
the sidereal year (astronomy) / the year defined in terms of the fixed stars
one's declining years; one's old age
calendar year
over the years / bygone years
one's remaining years
children's center / children's club
every year / each year / yearly
young / underage
annual inspection
erhua variant of 年畫|年画
the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
hundred years / century / lifetime
Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
aged
in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
once a year (every year)
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
fiscal year; financial year
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
seven-year itch
lunar New Year's Eve
leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
annual report / yearbook / almanac
(botany) (of a plant) annual
millennium
to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest
Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
(of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old; longstanding
years / time / age
annual ring / growth ring

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