高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn 当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn 先进 先進 xiān jìn sophisticated / advanced (technology etc) / meritorious / exemplary (deeds etc) syn 青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn 深度 shēn dù depth / (of a speech etc) profundity / advanced stage of development syn 岁月 歲月 suì yuè years / time syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn 老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn 前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) 高等 gāo děng high-level / higher (animals, education etc) / advanced (math etc) syn 尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime / while one is on this earth / in one's remaining years syn 百年 bǎi nián hundred years / century / lifetime syn 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 超前 chāo qián to be ahead of one's time / to surpass or outdo one's predecessors / to be ahead of the pack / to take the lead / advanced syn 晚年 wǎn nián one's later years syn 进修 進修 jìn xiū to undertake advanced studies / to take a refresher course syn 年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age syn 常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn 近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years syn 侏罗纪 侏羅紀 zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) 豆蔻 dòu kòu cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) / fig. a girl's teenage years / maidenhood / a budding beauty 白垩纪 白堊紀 bái è jì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) 年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn 逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn 老当益壮 老當益壯 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng old but vigorous (idiom) / hale and hearty despite the years syn 壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) syn 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade) syn 连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 历年 歷年 lì nián over the years / bygone years syn 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) syn 年事 nián shì years of age / age syn 纪年 紀年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle 大总统 大總統 dà zǒng tǒng president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928) 超龄 超齡 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) syn 三年 sān nián three years 经年累月 經年累月 jīng nián lěi yuè for years / over the years syn 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 四年 sì nián four years 多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn 近几年 近幾年 jìn jǐ nián in recent years 几十年 幾十年 jǐ shí nián several tens of years / several decades 年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 进阶 進階 jìn jiē advanced 十五年 shí wǔ nián fifteen years 前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago 先进个人 先進個人 xiān jìn gè rén (official accolade) advanced individual / exemplary individual 清末 qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 四年前 sì nián qián four years previously 十一年 shí yī nián eleven years 十九岁 十九歲 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old 初年 chū nián early years 芳华 芳華 fāng huá young years / youth 昔年 xī nián former years / previous years syn 经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year 全国代表大会 全國代表大會 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years 高数 高數 gāo shù further math / advanced mathematics (school subject, abbr. for 高等數學|高等数学) 早死 zǎo sǐ to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years) 往届 往屆 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 英年 yīng nián the prime of one's life / youthful years 八旬 bā xún eighty years 终老 終老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years 不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn 十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn 属相 屬相 shǔ xiàng colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle syn 古稀 gǔ xī seventy years old 有年 yǒu nián for years syn 故知 gù zhī a close friend over many years 二十六岁 二十六歲 èr shí liù suì 26 years old 暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn 先进武器 先進武器 xiān jìn wǔ qì advanced weapon 教龄 教齡 jiào líng years of teaching experience / teaching experience 三十而立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) 彭祖 péng zǔ Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years) 后生可畏 後生可畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time syn 中生代 zhōng shēng dài Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪) 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 全国运动会 全國運動會 quán guó yùn dòng huì National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 苦熬 kǔ áo to endure (years of suffering) syn 晚景 wǎn jǐng evening scene / circumstances of one's declining years syn 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 末叶 末葉 mò yè final years / end (of a decade, era etc) syn 初叶 初葉 chū yè early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years 农运会 農運會 nóng yùn huì China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988) 岁 歲, 𡻕 suì classifier for years (of age) / year / year (of crop harvests) syn 