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1 lit. (may you) have abundance year after year

2 (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

1 over the years

2 year after year

1 year after year

2 yearly

3 every year

4 annually

1 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.

1 the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)

2 change is the only constant

1 to shop in preparation for Chinese New Year

1 lit. to nurture one's years (idiom)

2 fig. to enjoy one's later years

1 full of youthful vigor (idiom)

2 in the prime of youth

1 young and promising

1 Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC

1 Five-Year Plan

1 lit. almanac from years back (idiom)

2 obsolete practice

3 old-fashioned principle

1 a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood

2 a budding beauty

1 used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood

2 a budding beauty

1 young and vigorous (idiom)

1 year in, year out (idiom)

2 (over) many years

1 about a year

1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

1 old and weak (idiom)

1 Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League)

2 abbr. to 少先隊|少先队