好几年
hǎo jǐ nián
Pinyin

Definition

好几年
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hǎo jǐ nián
  1. several years

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好
hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 good to
  5. 5 easy to
  6. 6 very
  7. 7 so
  8. 8 (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
  9. 9 (of two people) close
  10. 10 on intimate terms
  11. 11 (after a personal pronoun) hello
年
Nián
  1. 1 surname Nian
新年
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
龙年
lóng nián
  1. 1 Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
刚好
gāng hǎo
  1. 1 just
  2. 2 exactly
  3. 3 to happen to be
去年
qù nián
  1. 1 last year
只好
zhǐ hǎo
  1. 1 without any better option
  2. 2 to have to
  3. 3 to be forced to
好不容易
hǎo bù róng yì
  1. 1 with great difficulty
  2. 2 very difficult
好久
hǎo jiǔ
  1. 1 quite a while
好似
hǎo sì
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
好像
hǎo xiàng
  1. 1 as if
  2. 2 to seem like
好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
好吃
hǎo chī
  1. 1 tasty
  2. 2 delicious
好多
hǎo duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 quite a lot
  3. 3 much better
好奇
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity
好好
hǎo hǎo
  1. 1 well
  2. 2 carefully
  3. 3 nicely
  4. 4 properly
好几
hǎo jǐ
  1. 1 several
  2. 2 quite a few
好心
hǎo xīn
  1. 1 kindness
  2. 2 good intentions

Idioms (20)

一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不问好歹
bù wèn hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 no matter what may happen (idiom)
不知好歹
bù zhī hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 not to know what's good for one
  3. 3 unable to recognize others' good intentions
不终天年
bù zhōng tiān nián
  1. 1 to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course (idiom)
不识好歹
bù shí hǎo dǎi
  1. 1 unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
  2. 2 undiscriminating
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
  1. 1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人寿年丰
rén shòu nián fēng
  1. 1 long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society
  2. 2 prosperity
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
做好做歹
zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
  1. 1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 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.
吃力不讨好
chī lì bù tǎo hǎo
  1. 1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
各有所好
gè yǒu suǒ hào
  1. 1 everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom)
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
大树底下好乘凉
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
  1. 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
好了伤疤忘了疼
hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng
  1. 1 to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
好事不出门，恶事传千里
hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles
  2. 2 a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)

Sample Sentences

丽美，你好几年没回来过年了吧？在国外你新年都怎么过？
lìměi ，nǐ hǎojǐnián méi huílai guònián le ba ？zài guówài nǐ xīnnián dōu zěnme guò ？
Limei, It's been several years since you've come back for Chinese New Year, no? How do you spend Chinese New Year when you're overseas?
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像这样海量的信息在网上迅速交换、更新，已经完全改变了时间的意义了，过去要花上好几年才能更新进步的程序，现在恐怕只要一半的时间了，这已经是种奇迹了，往后更不知道会发展成怎么样呢。
xiàng zhèyàng hǎiliáng de xìnxī zàiwǎngshàng xùnsù jiāohuàn 、gēngxīn ，yǐjīng wánquán gǎibiàn le shíjiān de yìyì le ，guòqù yào huāshàng hǎojǐnián cáinéng gēngxīn jìnbù de chéngxù ，xiànzài kǒngpà zhǐyào yībàn de shíjiān le ，zhè yǐjīng shì zhǒng qíjì le ，wǎnghòu gèng bù zhīdào huì fāzhǎn chéng zěnmeyàng ne 。
With the huge volume of data that is exchanged and is updated on the internet, it's already changed the meaning of time. In the past you had to spend several years updating processes, now it only takes half that time. That is a miracle in itself. In the future we don't even know how it will develop.
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若想真明白真要好几年。
ruò xiǎng zhēn míngbai zhēn yào hǎojǐnián 。
And thinks she really understands, she really needs many more years to do it
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老外收养中国孤儿也很不容易，手续繁琐，费用很高，还要等好几年。所以提出申请的一般都是非常爱小孩儿而且有一定经济条件的人。就像那个小女孩，养父母那么疼爱她，肯定比在孤儿院要幸福一万倍！
lǎowài shōuyǎng Zhōngguó gū\'ér yě hěn bù róngyì ，shǒuxù fánsuǒ ，fèiyòng hěn gāo ，hái yào děng hǎojǐnián 。suǒyǐ tíchū shēnqǐng de yībān dōu shì fēicháng ài xiǎoháir5 érqiě yǒu yīdìng jīngjì tiáojiàn de rén 。jiù xiàng nàge xiǎonǚhái ，yǎngfùmǔ nàme téng ài tā ，kěndìng bǐ zài gūér yuàn yào xìngfú yīwàn bèi ！
It's also very difficult for foreigners to adopt Chinese orphans. The process is complex, the fees are high, and you have to wait a number of years. Therefore, those who apply generally really love children and have a certain level of economic security. It's just like that little girl. Her foster parents love her so deeply. It's definitely much, much better than living in an orphanage!
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你拉倒吧！你彩票都买了好几年了，没看你中过超过二十块的！你就别做你的春秋大梦了！
nǐ lādǎo ba ！nǐ cǎi piào dōu mǎi le hǎojǐnián le ，méi kàn nǐ zhòng guò chāoguò èrshí kuài de ！nǐ jiù bié zuò nǐ de chūnqiūdàmèng le ！
Good luck with that! You've been buying lottery tickets for so many years, and I've never seen you win anything over twenty RMB! Knock it off with the wild dreaming!
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