年 niánNián HSK1 year Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (6) All meanings 1,120 nián 1,119 year 733year 373age 7harvest 3New Year 3Nián 1 Nian 1 1,120 sentences — page 17 of 56 1…1516171819…56 Go to page Go 整个修建过程历时三年之久。 zhěng gè xiūjiàn guòchéng lìshí sān nián zhī jiǔ. The entire construction process lasted for three years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary该政党已经连续执政了十年。 gāi zhèngdǎng yǐjīng liánxù zhízhèng le shí nián. The political party has been in power for ten consecutive years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary他作为政治犯被关押了多年。 tā zuòwéi zhèngzhìfàn bèi guānyā le duō nián. He was imprisoned for many years as a political prisoner. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary过去这六年来你都在干什么? guòqù zhè liù nián lái nǐ dōu zài gàn shénme? What have you been doing for the past six years? Source: OpenSubtitles全国人大每年举行一次会议。 Quánguó Réndà měi nián jǔxíng yī cì huìyì. The National People's Congress holds one session every year. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary六十年前,他们试图毁灭世界。 liùshí nián qián, tāmen shìtú huǐmiè shìjiè. Sixty years ago, they tried to destroy the world. Source: OpenSubtitles那是我母亲五十几年前写的。 nà shì wǒ mǔqīn wǔ shí jǐ nián qián xiě de. My mother wrote it some 50-odd years ago. Source: OpenSubtitles他们两个已经拍拖好几年了。 tāmen liǎng gè yǐjīng pāituō hǎojǐ nián le. The two of them have been dating for several years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary弟弟在第二年的春天出生了。 dìdi zài dì'èr nián de chūntiān chūshēng le. My brother was born the next spring. Source: OpenSubtitles他在这一行已经干了十年了。 tā zài zhè yī háng yǐjīng gàn le shí nián le. He has been in this line of work for ten years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary一年四季中我最喜欢春天了。 yī nián sì jì zhōng wǒ zuì xǐhuan chūntiān le. Out of all four seasons, I like spring the best. Source: Tatoeba传说这深山里住着千年老妖。 chuánshuō zhè shēnshān lǐ zhù zhe qiān nián lǎo yāo. Legend has it that a thousand-year-old demon lives deep in these mountains. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary你以为这些年来是在惩罚我? nǐ yǐwéi zhèxiē nián lái shì zài chéngfá wǒ? You thought you were punishing me all these years? Source: OpenSubtitles一年是不够的。 yī nián shì bù gòu de. One year isn't enough. Source: OpenSubtitles已经很多年没人见过那家伙了。 yǐjīng hěnduō nián méi rén jiàn guo nà jiāhuo le. No one has seen that man in years. Source: OpenSubtitles每年有数百万名游客造访此地。 měi nián yǒu shùbǎiwàn míng yóukè zàofǎng cǐ dì. Millions of tourists visit this place every year. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary这位教授在那所大学授课多年。 zhè wèi jiàoshòu zài nà suǒ dàxué shòukè duō nián. The professor has taught at that university for many years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary那年你多大? nà nián nǐ duō dà? How old were you then? Source: OpenSubtitles他在上海做生意已经很多年了。 tā zài Shànghǎi zuòshēngyì yǐjīng hěnduō nián le. He has been doing business in Shanghai for many years. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary她几十年如一日,一直勤俭持家。 tā jǐshí nián rú yī rì, yīzhí qínjiǎn chí jiā. For decades, she has managed the household with thrift and diligence. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary 1…1516171819…56 Go to page Go