廿
niàn
Pinyin

Definition

廿
 - 
niàn
  1. twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
  2. also written using banker's character 念

Character Decomposition

Compounds (31)

世
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi
世
shì
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 age
  3. 3 generation
  4. 4 era
  5. 5 world
  6. 6 lifetime
  7. 7 epoch
  8. 8 descendant
  9. 9 noble
度
dù
  1. 1 to pass
  2. 2 to spend (time)
  3. 3 measure
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 extent
  6. 6 degree of intensity
  7. 7 degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. 8 kilowatt-hour
  9. 9 classifier for events and occurrences
度
duó
  1. 1 to estimate
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [duò]
革
gé
  1. 1 animal hide
  2. 2 leather
  3. 3 to reform
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to expel (from office)

Related Words (1)

廿
niàn
  1. 1 twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions
  2. 2 also written using banker's character 念

Sample Sentences

一个人到了这种境界，他能动也能静，能屈也能伸，能微笑也能痛哭，能像廿世纪人一样的复杂，也能像亚当夏娃一样的纯真，一句话，他心里已有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇。
yī gè rén dào le zhèzhǒng jìngjiè ，tā néng dòng yě néng jìng ，néng qū yě néng shēn ，néng wēixiào yě néng tòngkū ，néng xiàng niàn shìjì rén yīyàng de fùzá ，yě néng xiàng Yàdāng Xiàwá yīyàng de chúnzhēn ，yījùhuà ，tā xīnli yǐ yǒu měng hǔ zài xì xiù qiángwēi 。
A person, once they reach this state of being, can be active and passive, they can yield and extend, they can smile and can feel pain, they can be as complex as a twentieth century man and as pure as Adam and Eve, in one sentence, in them, the tiger sniffs the rose.
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