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Trad. 年號
- reign title
- era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it)
- year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)
Trad. 年誼
- camaraderie between persons who have gone through some experience in the same year
Trad. 年間
- in the years of
- during those years
- period (of dynasty or decade)
Trad. 年頭
- start of the year
- whole year
- a particular year
- period
- days
- epoch
- a year's harvest
- first year of an emperor's reign
- first year of an era
- first year of a significant time period
Trad. 壯年
- lit. robust years
- prime of life
- summer
- able-bodied (fit for military service)
- mature (talent, garden etc)
Trad. 閏年
- leap year
- (lunar calendar) year with a thirteen intercalary month
- (literary) every year; year after year
- (literary) in recent years
- Taiwan pr. [bi4 nian2]
Trad. 舊年
- last year
- the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
- (slang) the younger person in a romantic relationship; a younger partner
- (coll.) the period around the end of the lunar year; the run-up to and days surrounding Spring Festival
- lit. older brother
- fig. fellow students who are successful in the imperial examinations
- to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
Trad. 團年
- (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve
- family reunion at New Year's
- member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year
Trad. 當年
- in those days; back then; in those years
- to be in the prime of life
- nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
Trad. 少年宮
- Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
Trad. 青年會
- YMCA (international Christian youth movement, formed in 1844)
Trad. 青年節
- Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off
Trad. 永年區
- Yongnian, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei