拜年
bài nián
Pinyin

Definition

拜年
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bài nián
  1. to pay a New Year call
  2. to wish sb a Happy New Year

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 classifier: 个 gè
过年
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year

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)

Sample Sentences

这是黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，你真的要小心啊！
zhè shì huángshǔlánggěijībàinián ，nǐ zhēnde yào xiǎoxīn a ！
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese. You really should be careful.
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黄鼠狼想吃鸡，却要跟它拜年。
huángshǔláng xiǎng chī jī ，què yào gēn tā bàinián 。
Weasels want to eat chicken, but they wish them a good year.
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黄鼠狼给鸡拜年。
huángshǔláng gěi jī bàinián 。
When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
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在职场上面，对手的公司想跟我们合作。他们可能是黄鼠狼给鸡拜年，要小心。
zài zhíchǎng shàngmiàn ，duìshǒu de gōngsī xiǎng gēn wǒmen hézuò 。tāmen kěnéng shì huángshǔlánggěijībàinián ，yào xiǎoxīn 。
In the work field, the competitive company wants to collaborate with us. When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.
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哦，新年好。好的，徐洲用上海话给大家拜年了。在春节期间你有没有坐过火车？
ō ，xīnniánhǎo 。hǎo de ，Xú Zhōu yòng Shànghǎihuà gěi dàjiā bàinián le 。zài chūnjié qījiān nǐ yǒuméiyǒu zuò guò huǒchē ？
Oh, Happy New Year. Great. Xu Zhou just used Shanghainese to wish everyone a happy new year. Have you ever taken the train during the New Year period?
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黄鼠狼给鸡拜年——没安好心。
huángshǔláng gěi jī bàinián ——méiānhǎoxīn 。
A weasel wishes the chickens a happy new year --- one's heart is not at ease
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从那以后，每年除夕都要贴红对联，放鞭炮，初一出去拜年。
cóng nà yǐhòu ，měinián Chúxī dōu yào tiē hóng duìlián ，fàng biānpào ，chūyī chūqù bàinián 。
After that, every year on New Year's Eve everyone would always put up red poems, set off fireworks and on New Year's Day they'd go out to make New Year's greetings.
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可是我们每天都出去拜年，我根本没时间玩。
kěshì wǒmen měitiān dōu chūqù bàinián ，wǒ gēnběn méi shíjiān wán 。
But every day we go make New Year's visits. I don't have any time at all for fun.
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