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  *年* | 年* | *年
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  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
young / youthful
the seventies; the 1970s
adult person
the sixties / the 1960s
more than a year
middle age
HSK 2
senior student
the New Year festival
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
annual meeting
all year round
HSK 7-9
to make more youthful / to promote younger staff
a year and a half
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
millennium
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
all year round
middle and old age
annual salary
HSK 7-9
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
the age of 30
Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
beginning of the year
HSK 3
middle-aged and elderly people
annual leave / New Year holidays
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
last year
light-year
particular year
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
the end of the year / year-end
HSK 3
(a person's) current age
one year period (in a contract or budget)
last year
HSK 1
in former years; in previous years
HSK 6
to be of an advanced age; to be old / an advanced age
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
this past year / over the last years
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
the year 2000 / 2000 years
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
about a year
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
(Tw) young people; youngster
to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime
young person / the young
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
to live to the (ripe) age of
aged
to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
for years / over the years
age limit / fixed number of years
HSK 7-9
several years / many years
the year before last
HSK 2
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
every year / each year / yearly
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
Communist Youth League of China / China Youth League
half a year
HSK 1
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
annual interest
all year round / for years on end / average year
HSK 6
annual report
to grow to adulthood / fully grown; adult / the whole year
HSK 7-9
next year
HSK 1
annuity / pension / superannuation
second half of the year
(coll.) young person; youngster
young person / youngster
the last few years / last several years / recent years
(botany) (of a plant) perennial
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
Year of the Ram (e.g. 2003)
YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844)
several years
to have attained the age of
chronicle (of sb's life)
young and vigorous (idiom)
academic year
HSK 4
annual report
annual budget
end of the year
Happy New Year!
end of the year
for the past several years
young / underage
three years ago
this year / the current year

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