1 see also: 上声 shǎng shēng

1 to go to work

2 to be on duty

3 to start work

4 to go to the office

1 this year

1 surname Nian

1 to pay a New Year call

2 to wish sb a Happy New Year

1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)

2 to throw a tantrum

1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)

2 early planning is the key to success

1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)

2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse

3 people who will sink or swim together