狗年
gǒu nián
Pinyin

Definition

狗年
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gǒu nián
  1. Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
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]
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
xiǎo gǒu
  1. 1 pup
  2. 2 puppy
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
nián nián
  1. 1 year after year
  2. 2 yearly
  3. 3 every year
  4. 4 annually
nián dǐ
  1. 1 the end of the year
  2. 2 year-end
nián dù
  1. 1 year (e.g. school year, fiscal year)
  2. 2 annual
nián huì
  1. 1 annual meeting
nián gāo
  1. 1 nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour

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
人模狗样
rén mó gǒu yàng
  1. 1 (idiom) to pose
  2. 2 to put on airs
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
偷鸡摸狗
tōu jī mō gǒu
  1. 1 to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)
  2. 2 to pilfer
  3. 3 to dally with women
  4. 4 to have affairs
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
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
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
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)
嫁鸡随鸡,嫁狗随狗
jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu
  1. 1 if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (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)

Sample Sentences

很好、很好,接着换我来。马年要祝“马到成功”、猴年祝你“加冠封侯”、鸡年祝你“鹤立鸡群”、狗年祝你“旺旺旺”,最后,猪年祝大家“诸事顺心”。
hěn hǎo 、hěn hǎo ,jiē zhe huàn wǒ lái 。mǎnián yào zhù “mǎ dào chénggōng ”、hóunián zhù nǐ “jiāguānfēnghóu ”、jīnián zhù nǐ “hè lì jīqún ”、gǒunián zhù nǐ “wàng wàng wàng ”,zuìhòu ,zhūnián zhù dàjiā “zhūshì shùnxīn ”。
Very good, very good, now it is my turn. In the Year of the Horse, they use the phrase 「马到成功」, meaning to win instant success and which also contains the character for horse「馬」; in the Year of the Monkey, they substitute the 「侯」 in the phrase 「加冠封侯」, wishing that you’ll be “given new offices and titles,” for its near homophone 「猴」, meaning monkey, in the Year of the Monkey; In the Year of the Rooster, they use the phrase “a crane among roosters,” to bless you with standing head and shoulders above the rest; In the Year of the Dog, they’ll wish you a prosperous new year, by substituting「旺旺旺」, meaning “very prosperous,” for the sound of a dog barking in Chinese, “汪汪汪,” a near homophone; and finally they substitute the character 「诸」 for in the phrase 「诸事顺心」, meaning “everything goes according to plan” for the character 「猪」, meaning “pig” in the Year of the Pig.