万年
Wàn nián
Pinyin

Definition

万年
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Wàn nián
  1. Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
年代
nián dài
  1. 1 a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. 2 age
  3. 3 era
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
年味
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
年夜
nián yè
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
年年
nián nián
  1. 1 year after year
  2. 2 yearly
  3. 3 every year
  4. 4 annually
年底
nián dǐ
  1. 1 the end of the year
  2. 2 year-end
年度
nián dù
  1. 1 year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
  2. 2 annual
年会
nián huì
  1. 1 annual meeting
年纪
nián jì
  1. 1 age
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ],個|个[gè]
年级
nián jí
  1. 1 grade
  2. 2 year (in school, college etc)
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
年终
nián zhōng
  1. 1 end of the year
年华
nián huá
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
  3. 3 age

Idioms (20)

一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人寿年丰
rén shòu nián fēng
  1. 1 long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society
  2. 2 prosperity
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
好汉不提当年勇
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
  1. 1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
  1. 1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
  2. 2 dilapidated
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
  1. 1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
年富力强
nián fù lì qiáng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年轻力壮
nián qīng lì zhuàng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)
年轻气盛
nián qīng qì shèng
  1. 1 full of youthful vigor (idiom)
  2. 2 in the prime of youth
年高德劭
nián gāo dé shào
  1. 1 to be advanced in both years and virtue (idiom)
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
  1. 1 a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
  2. 2 time crawls when one is wretched
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)

Sample Sentences

天圆圆地圆圆，夫妻一对好团圆，汤圆甜汤圆美，富贵荣华万万年。
tiān Yuányuan dì Yuányuan ，fūqī yīduì hǎo tuányuán ，tāngyuán tián tāngyuán měi ，fù guì rónghuá wànwànnián 。
As the "yuan" in tangyuan signifies being bound together, just as the heavens are bound together and the earth, so are man and wife. Just as tangyuan are sweet and beautiful, so will this couple live long lives of riches and splendour.
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可是，她还是不放心，又从东海捉来一只万年的巨龟，斩下它的四足，把它们用作擎天柱，分别竖在大地的四角，支撑住了天地的四方。
kěshì ，tā háishì bù fàngxīn ，yòu cóng Dōnghǎi zhuō lái yī zhī wànnián de jùguī ，zhǎn xià tā de sìzú ，bǎ tāmen yòngzuò qíngtiānzhù ，fēnbié shù zài dàdì de sì jiǎo ，zhīchēng zhù le tiāndì de sì fāng 。
But she still wasn't at ease. She then took a 10,000 year-old tortoise from the East China Sea and chopped off its four legs and used them as pillars for the sky. She placed them at the four corners of the world so as to stabilize all of Heaven.
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