猴年马月
hóu nián mǎ yuè
Pinyin

Definition

猴年马月
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hóu nián mǎ yuè
  1. long time off
  2. time that will never come

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 CL:個|个[gè]
月
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
过年
guò nián
  1. 1 to celebrate the Chinese New Year
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
一月
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
中年
zhōng nián
  1. 1 middle age
五月
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
来年
lái nián
  1. 1 next year
  2. 2 the coming year
元月
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
年代
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]
年初
nián chū
  1. 1 beginning of the year
年味
nián wèi
  1. 1 Spring Festival atmosphere
  2. 2 festive ambiance of Chinese New Year
年夜
nián yè
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner

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)
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (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
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
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
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)
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)
年轻力壮
nián qīng lì zhuàng
  1. 1 young and vigorous (idiom)

Sample Sentences

看来也只能这样了。否则这房子要弄到猴年马月？客厅要尽量简单，东西少一点，用几何型的家具。
kànlai yě zhǐnéng zhè yàng le 。fǒuzé zhè fángzi yào nòng dào hóuniánmǎyuè ？kètīng yào jǐnliàng jiǎndān ，dōngxi shǎoyīdiǎn ，yòng jǐhé xíng de jiājù 。
It looks like that's our only choice. Otherwise who knows how long we'll be working on this house. We should do our best to make the living room simple, with less stuff, and geometric furniture.
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关键是我觉得自我价值没有得到体现，而且现在身边的同事都是“关系户”，也不知道猴年马月才能轮到我升职呢。
guānjiàn shì wǒ juéde zìwǒjiàzhí méiyǒu dédào tǐxiàn ，érqiě xiànzài shēnbiān de tóngshì dōu shì “guānxihù ”，yě bù zhīdào hóuniánmǎyuè cái néng lún dào wǒ shēngzhí ne 。
The key is that I haven't realized my own worth, and now my colleagues around me all have good connections. And I don't know if only in the remote future it will be my turn to get promoted.
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你反正都收回来了。我们几个未婚的，猴年马月才收得回来啊。
nǐ fǎnzhèng dōu shōu huílai le 。wǒmen jǐ ge wèihūn de ，hóuniánmǎyuè cái shōu de huílai a 。
Anyway, you've already gotten it back. We're all not married, so who knows when we'll get it back.
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网速这么慢，要到猴年马月才能下载好啊。
wǎngsù zhème màn ，yào dào hóuniánmǎyuè cáinéng xiàzǎi hǎo a 。
The internet's so slow. It's going to take ages for this to download.
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现在中国的房子很贵，猴年马月才能买得起。
xiànzài Zhōngguó de fángzi hěn guì ，hóuniánmǎyuè cáinéng mǎi de qǐ 。
Housing prices in China are really expensive nowadays. I'll never be able to afford to buy one.
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猴年马月
hóuniánmǎyuè
In the remote future.
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