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残年
cán​nián

declining years

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
残年 殘年 cán​nián
declining years
The evening of life or one's remaining years, often implying a sense of frailty or hardship
end of the year
(literary) The final days of the year or the period just before the year ends

Frequency

Written text
0.065 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 残生 cán​shēng

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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