关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off / to shut off syn 每年 měi nián every year / each year / yearly syn 起飞 起飛 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly syn 预算 預算 yù suàn budget 年度 nián dù year (e.g. school year, fiscal year) / annual syn 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off / to abandon / to cast off / to get rid of / to dump syn 年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year / whole year / a particular year / period / days / epoch / a year's harvest syn 下台 下臺 xià tái to go off the stage / to fall from position of prestige / to step down (from office etc) / to disentangle oneself / to get off the hook syn 年份 nián fen particular year / certain year / given year syn 脱落 脫落 tuō luò to drop off / to fall off / (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out / to omit (a character when writing) 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 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 编制 編製 biān zhì to weave / to plait / to compile / to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc) syn 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off / to throw someone a send-off party syn 年底 nián dǐ the end of the year / year-end syn 下岗 下崗 xià gǎng (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty / (of a worker) be to laid off syn 剥离 剝離 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc) syn 开外 開外 kāi wài over and above (some amount) / beyond (budget) syn 年年 nián nián year after year / yearly / every year / annually syn 报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off! 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 来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn 扬长而去 揚長而去 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind 初一 chū yī first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school syn 辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits / mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pi2 xiu1]) 欢送 歡送 huān sòng to see off / to send off syn 逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn 脱皮 脫皮 tuō pí (of paint etc) to peel off / to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience syn 蜕皮 蛻皮 tuì pí skin cast off during molting / exuvium / to pupate / to molt / to slough / to cast off an old skin or shell 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death 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 年表 nián biǎo timeline / chronology / annals / financial year / year 鱼目混珠 魚目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū to pass off fish eyes for pearls / to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom) 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 顺差 順差 shùn chā (trade or budget) surplus 财年 財年 cái nián fiscal year / financial year 丰年 豐年 fēng nián prosperous year / year with bumper harvest 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 摘下 zhāi xià to take off / to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc) / to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc) / (sports) to pick off (a rebound etc) 脱掉 脫掉 tuō diào to remove / to take off / to strip off / to discard / to shed / to come off / to fall off 本年度 běn nián dù this year / the current year 送走 sòng zǒu to see off / to send off 年中 nián zhōng within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year 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] 分拆 fèn chāi to separate off / to hive off / a demerger 乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065 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 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 一年期 yī nián qī one year period (in a contract or budget) 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 甲申 jiǎ shēn 21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064 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 打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc) 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 坠楼 墜樓 zhuì lóu to fall off or jump off a building 壬申 rén shēn ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052 庚午 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 癸未 guǐ wèi twentieth year J8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2003 or 2063 戊辰 wù chén fifth year E5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1988 or 2048 庚申 gēng shēn fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040 大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve 丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057 戊寅 wù yín fifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058 丙寅 bǐng yín third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046 甲寅 jiǎ yín 51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034 辛未 xīn wèi eight year H8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1991 or 2051 己卯 jǐ mǎo sixteenth year F4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1999 or 2059 辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021 / cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising 壬戌 rén xū fifty-ninth year I11 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1982 or 2042 癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053 戊午 wù wǔ fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038 丁亥 dīng hài twenty-fourth year D12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2007 or 2067 辛巳 xīn sì eighteenth year H6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2001 or 2061 己巳 jǐ sì sixth year F6 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1989 or 2049 打跑 dǎ pǎo to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off 乙亥 yǐ hài twelfth year B12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1995 or 2055 甲辰 jiǎ chén 41st year A5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1964 or 2024 