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"old in years" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
年事已高 nián shì yǐ gāo old in years syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years?
最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn
年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade) syn
历年 歷年 lì nián over the years / bygone years syn
数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years
往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn
早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn
连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn
昔年 xī nián former years / previous years syn
经年累月 經年累月 jīng nián lěi yuè for years / over the years syn
颐养天年 頤養天年 yí yǎng tiān nián lit. to nurture one's years (idiom) / fig. to enjoy one's later years
只不过几年前 只不過幾年前 zhǐ bù guò jǐ nián qián only a few years ago / just a few years ago
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén 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.
沈阳故宫 瀋陽故宮 shěn yáng gù gōng Mukden Palace, aka Shenyang Imperial Palace, the main imperial palace during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1625-1644), a secondary palace in subsequent years, now a museum
三十年河东，三十年河西 三十年河東，三十年河西 sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb) / change is the only constant
十年树木，百年树人 十年樹木，百年樹人 shí nián - shù mù , bǎi nián - shù rén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
韶华 韶華 sháo huá (literary) prime years / youthful years syn
冻容 凍容 dòng róng "youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
老年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years syn
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn
十九岁 十九歲 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old
古稀 gǔ xī seventy years old
二十六岁 二十六歲 èr shí liù suì 26 years old
超龄 超齡 chāo líng too old / overage / (of a young person's behavior or attributes) beyond one's years / adultlike
暮年 mù nián one's declining years / one's old age syn
老当益壮 老當益壯 lǎo dāng yì zhuàng old but vigorous (idiom) / hale and hearty despite the years syn
三十而立 sān shí ér lì thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
积年 積年 jī nián for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age syn
老皇历 老皇曆 lǎo huáng lì (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle syn
笄 jī 15 years old / hairpin for bun
年逾古稀 nián yú gǔ xī over seventy years old syn
豆蔻年华 豆蔻年華 dòu kòu nián huá (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old / early teens / adolescence syn
隔年皇历 隔年皇曆 gé nián huáng lì lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
六十五岁 六十五歲 liù shí wǔ suì sixty-five years old
嵗 suì variant of 歲|岁, year / years old
年已蹉跎 nián yǐ cuō tuó the years have already gone by / to be too old
服老 fú lǎo to admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age
老境 lǎo jìng advanced years / old age syn
陈米 陳米 chén mǐ old rice / rice kept for many years
农友 農友 nóng yǒu our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919) / (Tw) (coll.) farmer
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem syn
青年 qīng nián youth / youthful years / young person / the young syn
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days / back then / in those years / to be in the prime of life syn
三年 sān nián three years
近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years syn
岁月 歲月 suì yuè years / time syn
百年 bǎi nián hundred years / century / lifetime syn
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
常年 cháng nián all year round / for years on end / average year syn
几十年 幾十年 jǐ shí nián several tens of years / several decades
年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn
年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years
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
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
年华 年華 nián huá years / time / age syn
逐年 zhú nián year after year / with each passing year / over the years syn
晚年 wǎn nián one's later years syn
十五年 shí wǔ nián fifteen years
千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
前些 qián xiē a few (days, years etc) ago
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
末年 mò nián the final years (of a regime) syn
清末 qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing
四年前 sì nián qián four years previously
年岁 年歲 nián suì years of age / age syn
余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn
十一年 shí yī nián eleven years
初年 chū nián early years
侏罗纪 侏羅紀 zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago)
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
芳华 芳華 fāng huá young years / youth
壮年 壯年 zhuàng nián lit. robust years / prime of life / summer / able-bodied (fit for military service) / mature (talent, garden etc) 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
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
年事 nián shì years of age / age syn
八旬 bā xún eighty years
终老 終老 zhōng lǎo to spend one's last years
死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn
不惑 bù huò without doubt / with full self-confidence / forty years of age syn
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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