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New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
half a year
HSK 1
next year
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *年* | 年* | *年
year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
this year
HSK 1
last year
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *秊* | 秊* | *秊
grain / harvest (old) / variant of
HSK 1
youth / youthful years / young person / the young
HSK 2
early youth / youngster / (literary) youth; young man
HSK 2
anniversary / annual
HSK 2
middle age
HSK 2
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
adolescent / youth / teenager
HSK 2
the year before last
HSK 2
the whole year / all year long
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
the year after next
HSK 3
many years / for many years / longstanding
HSK 4
childhood
HSK 4
academic year
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
the same year
HSK 7-9
to grow to adulthood / fully grown; adult / the whole year
HSK 7-9
one's later years
HSK 7-9
many years ago; in the past / in one's early years
HSK 7-9
year after year / with each passing year / over the years
HSK 7-9
next year / the coming year
HSK 7-9
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
underage
fleeting time / horoscope for the year
a few years; several years / how many years?
year after year; yearly; every year; annually
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC
that very same year
hundred years / century / lifetime
to step into the new year / New Year
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *年* | 年* | *年
surname Nian
recent year(s)
prosperous year / year with bumper harvest
last year
millennium
over the years / bygone years
leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
second half of the year
middle and old age
the first year of a millennium (esp. the year 2000)
Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
the year 2000 / 2000 years
lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc)
several years / many years
for years
to live to the (ripe) age of
several years
(literary) every year; year after year / (literary) in recent years / Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
one's remaining years
all the year round
middle-aged
year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
entire year / throughout the year / age at death
for years / year after year
early years
(a person's) current age
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)
young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
one's late days / to have one foot in the grave
beginning of a year
to be in the prime of life
natural life span
the following year; next year
first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
the final years (of a regime)
to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
to prolong life
three years ago
(idiom) over the years; year after year
light-year
lunar New Year
the solar year / the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
successive years / over many years
three years from now / year after year after next year
common year
childhood / infancy
old / aged
young / youthful
last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
year of famine
one's declining years; one's old age
inauspicious year for marriage
former years / previous years
the following year / the next year
the age of 30
beginning of maturity (of a girl)
the prime of one's life / youthful years
the sidereal year (astronomy) / the year defined in terms of the fixed stars

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