去年底
qù nián dǐ
Pinyin

Definition

去年底
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qù nián dǐ
  1. late last year
  2. the end of last year

Related Words (20)

jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
  1. 1 to go
  2. 2 to go to (a place)
  3. 3 (of a time etc) last
  4. 4 just passed
  5. 5 to send
  6. 6 to remove
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to reduce
  9. 9 to be apart from in space or time
  10. 10 to die (euphemism)
  11. 11 to play (a part)
  12. 12 (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. 13 (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. 14 (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
xià qù
  1. 1 to go down
  2. 2 to descend
  3. 3 to go on
  4. 4 to continue
  5. 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
dào dǐ
  1. 1 finally
  2. 2 in the end
  3. 3 when all is said and done
  4. 4 after all
  5. 5 to the end
  6. 6 to the last
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
huí qu
  1. 1 to return
  2. 2 to go back
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
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]
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
nián yè
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior

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)
井底之蛙
jǐng dǐ zhī wā
  1. 1 the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
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)
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
  1. 1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
  1. 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
  1. 1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
  3. 3 causes and effects
刨根问底
páo gēn wèn dǐ
  1. 1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
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.
去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
  1. 1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
  2. 2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
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
呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
  1. 1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
  2. 2 always at sb's beck and call
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
  1. 1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
  2. 2 always bossing people around

Sample Sentences

唉!儿子啊,不是不让你买,但是你也要懂得爱惜东西,像这套,去年底才买的吧?穿不到几个月啊,丢掉太浪费了!
ài !érzi ā ,bùshì bùràng nǐ mǎi ,dànshì nǐ yě yào dǒngde àixī dōngxi ,xiàng zhè tào ,qùniándǐ cái mǎi de ba ?chuān bùdào jǐ ge yuè ā ,diūdiào tài làngfèi le !
Ah! Son! It's not that I don't want to let you buy them, but you have to understand that you need to make good use out of things. Like this sports gear, didn't you just buy it at the end of last year? You've only worn it a couple of months, so it would be such a waste to throw them out!
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