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"four years" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
四年 sì nián four years
Chinese Pinyin Translation
多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn
四方 sì fāng four-way / four-sided / in all directions / everywhere 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
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
历年 歷年 lì nián over the years / bygone years syn
四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn
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?
数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years
四角 sì jiǎo the four corners (of a rectangle) / the eaves that the four corners of a building
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
四维 四維 sì wéi the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional
四大天王 sì dà tiān wáng the four heavenly kings (Sanskrit vajra) / the four guardians or warrior attendants of Buddha
昔年 xī nián former years / previous years syn
四驱车 四驅車 sì qū chē four-by-four (vehicle) / 4x4
四小龙 四小龍 sì xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
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
乘 shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn
四 sì four / 4 syn
第四 dì sì fourth / number four 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
青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young 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
四肢 sì zhī the four limbs of the body syn
老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn
四季 sì jì four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] 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
四千 sì qiān four thousand / 4 000
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition 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
晚年 wǎn nián one's later years syn
年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age 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
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
侏罗纪 侏羅紀 zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago)
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4] syn
春秋 chūn qiū spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles) syn
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
三十四 sān shí sì thirty-four / 34
壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) syn
四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn
四时 四時 sì shí the four seasons, namely: spring 春[chun1], summer 夏[xia4], autumn 秋[qiu1] and winter 冬[dong1] syn
长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many 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
家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn
三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún in groups of three or four (idiom) syn
走兽 走獸 zǒu shòu (four-footed) animal / beast 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)
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]
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
江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
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
四次 sì cì fourth / four times / quartic
红楼梦 紅樓夢 hóng lóu mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels
四天 sì tiān four days
四国 四國 sì guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
十五年 shí wǔ nián fifteen years
四条 四條 sì tiáo four of a kind / quads (poker)
前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago
四强 四強 sì qiáng the top four
唐伯虎 táng bó hǔ Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
清末 qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing
峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
十一年 shí yī nián eleven years
十九岁 十九歲 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old
吴仪 吳儀 wú yí Wu Yi (1938-), one of four vice-premiers of the PRC State Council
初年 chū nián early years
芳华 芳華 fāng huá young years / youth
九华山 九華山 jiǔ huá shān Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
经年 經年 jīng nián for years / year after year
四叶草 四葉草 sì yè cǎo four-leaf clover
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
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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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