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  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
middle age
HSK 2
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
last year
HSK 1
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
beginning of the year
HSK 3
the end of the year / year-end
HSK 3
half a year
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
the year before last
HSK 2
grade / year (in school, college etc) / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual
HSK 5
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
this year
HSK 1
HSK 3
academic year
HSK 4
youth / youthful years / young person / the young
HSK 2
many years / for many years / longstanding
HSK 4
the year after next
HSK 3
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
in former years; in previous years
HSK 6
childhood
HSK 4
young
HSK 2
all year round
HSK 7-9
(a person's) age / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
(slang) the older person in a romantic relationship; an older partner
anniversary / annual
HSK 2
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
all year round / for years on end / average year
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *年* | 年* | *年
surname Nian
annual salary
HSK 7-9
young / youthful
the seventies; the 1970s
adult person
the sixties / the 1960s
more than a year
liver spot; age spot
senior student
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
age limit / fixed number of years
HSK 7-9
the New Year festival
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
annual meeting
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
to make more youthful / to promote younger staff
a year and a half
to grow to adulthood / fully grown; adult / the whole year
HSK 7-9
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
millennium
all year round
middle and old age
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
end of the year
HSK 7-9
middle-aged and elderly people
annual leave / New Year holidays
last year
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
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
(a person's) current age
one year period (in a contract or budget)
the same year
HSK 7-9
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
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
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
minor (i.e. person under 18)
HSK 7-9
to live to the (ripe) age of
aged
to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation
for years / over the years
several years / many years
many years ago; in the past / in one's early years
HSK 7-9
old / aged
HSK 7-9
for the past few years
HSK 7-9
a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
every year / each year / yearly
Communist Youth League of China / China Youth League
husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
annual interest
annual report

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