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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[nián]
  1. 1. noun [时间单位] year
    this year
  2. 2. noun [元旦或春节] New Year
    celebrate Spring Festival
  3. 3. noun [岁数] age
    过半百
    over fifty years old
  4. 4. noun [阶段] age
    old age
    childhood
  5. 5. noun [时代] era
    明朝末
    the end of the Ming dynasty
    in recent years
  6. 6. noun [年成] harvest
  7. 7. adjective annual
    annual salary

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[nián]
  1. 1. annum
  2. 2. winter
  3. 3. age
  4. 4. measure word year
    老艺术家们花了整整一时间完成了组雕。
    It took the old artists an entire year to finish the series of sculptures.
    真没想到,短短一时间这位歌手就大红大紫了。
    I didn't imagine that the singer would become famous this year.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[nián]
  1. 1. 本指庄稼成熟,引申为一中庄稼的收成
    成。
  2. 2. 时间单位,即地球环绕太阳运行一周的时间(我国古代黄河流域庄稼每成熟一次,所以把庄稼成熟一次的时间叫一)。
    举行一次
    五载
    产量。
  3. 3. 岁数
    富力强
    龄。
  4. 4. 人一生中按龄划分的阶段
  5. 5. 时期
    清朝末
  6. 6. 节,新的一开始的那天及其前后的几天
  7. 7. 有关节的(用品)
    礼。

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是百未遇的灾,各地的义仓都在放粮。
This year is a famine year not seen in a hundred years, all public granaries are distributing grains of rice.
草本植物可分成一生、二生和多生。
Herbage can be divided into three categories: annuals, biennials, and perennials.
祝愿祖国岁岁安澜、昌盛!
May our country thrive in peace, and prosperity every year.
气候偏暖,白玉兰也比往开花早。
It's warmer this year than last. As a result, the white magnolia was in full bloom at an earlier time.
的时候,我们都会一起去拜望我们的中学老师。
Every New Year holiday, we go to visit our middle school teachers.
新婚的他们约定今回老家办酒。
They newlyweds arranged to go back to their hometown to hold a party during this spring festival.
通过多的查寻,他终于找到了离散多的儿子。
After many years' investigation and search, he finally found his son.
这家厂今的生猪出栏率比去增长不少。
There has been an increase in the percentage of pigs available for slaughter in this factory this year.
八十代后的轻人,还需要多打熬啊!
The youth who were born after 1980s need to go through more hardships.
我们要总结去的生产经验,做好今的定产工作。
We must summarize last year's experience and do well in this year's fixed-level production.

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