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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
half a year
HSK 1
this year
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *年* | 年* | *年
grain / harvest (old) / variant of
HSK 1
last year
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
youth / youthful years / young person / the young
HSK 2
anniversary / annual
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
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
the year after next
HSK 3
academic year
HSK 4
childhood
HSK 4
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
all year round / for years on end / average year
HSK 6
in former years; in previous years
HSK 6
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
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
one's later years
HSK 7-9
year after year / with each passing year / over the years
HSK 7-9
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *年* | 年* | *年
surname Nian
the solar year / the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
that very same year
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
recent year(s)
underage
a great age
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
(idiom) 60 years old
every year / each year / yearly
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
hundred years / century / lifetime
Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
fiscal year; financial year
millennium
to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
(of wine) aged / (of debts etc) old; longstanding
to live to the (ripe) age of
to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
(a person's) current age
last year
to prolong life
entire year / throughout the year / age at death
childhood / infancy
the final years (of a regime)
in recent years
(idiom) over the years; year after year
(idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years
(idiom) 60 years old
last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
common year
year of famine
natural life span
year of famine
the prime of one's life / youthful years
former years / previous years
the following year / the next year
early years
several years / many years
a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy / time crawls when one is wretched
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)
the age of 30
the following year; next year
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
all the year round
for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age
(literary) every year; year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
to step into the new year / New Year
old / aged
beginning of a year
the prime of one's life
Year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
middle and old age
Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History in three volumes by Cao Yuzhang 曹餘章|曹余章
dates of birth and death (of historical figure)
second half of the year
first half (of a year)

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