者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn 每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn 美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn 选美 選美 xuǎn měi beauty contest 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 年份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year syn 甲子 jiǎ zǐ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1] and one of the 12 earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year cycle 美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing / to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment / beautiful hair syn 睡美人 shuì měi rén Sleeping Beauty 佳丽 佳麗 jiā lì a beauty / beautiful syn 美容院 měi róng yuàn beauty salon / beauty parlor syn 雅丽 雅麗 yǎ lì elegant / refined beauty 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end syn 美感 měi gǎn sense of beauty / aesthetic perception 毁容 毀容 huǐ róng to disfigure / to spoil the beauty of 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn 全年 quán nián the whole year / all year long 常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn 年前 nián qián by the end of the year / at the end of the year / shortly before New Year 西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn 来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 校花 xiào huā the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3]) / school beauty queen / campus belle / prom queen 豆蔻 dòu kòu cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty 逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn 应接不暇 應接不暇 yìng jiē bù xiá more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery) syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school / 2nd day of a lunar month / 2nd day of lunar New Year 拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn 乙巳 yǐ sì forty-second year B6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1965 or 2025 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 闰年 閏年 rùn nián leap year / (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 花甲 huā jiǎ complete sexagenary cycle / a 60 year-old person / passage of time 年表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year 沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn 王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3] 画皮 畫皮 huà pí painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty) syn 同比 tóng bǐ (statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year / year on year / year over year syn 应届 應屆 yīng jiè this year's / the current year's 贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn 去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year 财年 財年 cái nián fiscal year / financial year 真善美 zhēn shàn měi truth, goodness and beauty 丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year / year with bumper harvest syn 国色天香 國色天香 guó sè tiān xiāng national grace, divine fragrance (idiom) / an outstanding beauty syn 癸亥 guǐ hài sixtieth year J12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1983 or 2043 乙未 yǐ wèi thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015 壬辰 rén chén twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072 别有洞天 別有洞天 bié yǒu dòng tiān place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world syn 闭月羞花 閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom) / fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year 老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 美容店 měi róng diàn beauty salon / CL:家[jia1] 春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3] 妖姬 yāo jī (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine) 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year 丙戌 bǐng xū twenty-third year C11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2006 or 2066 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 戊戌 wù xū thirty-fifth year E11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1958 or 2018 丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty 甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] 翌年 yì nián the following year / the next year syn 庚子 gēng zǐ 37th year G1 of the 60-year cycle, e.g. 1960 or 2020 辛亥 xīn hài forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031 / cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911 庚辰 gēng chén seventeenth year G5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2000 or 2060 丁卯 dīng mǎo fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047 壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 甲戌 jiǎ xū eleventh year A11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1994 or 2054 辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041 丙子 bǐng zǐ thirteenth year C1 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1996 or 2056 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052 