time; years; prime of life
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1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
years; time; age
literaryOften used in literary contexts to refer to the passage of time in one's life, sometimes with connotations of preciousness or fleetingness. Commonly appears in set phrases.
xū虚
dù度
nián年
huá华
to waste one's years; to idle away one's time
qīng青
chūn春
nián年
huá华
the prime of youth; the best years of one's life
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Nián年
huá华
sì似
shuǐ水
，
yī一
qù去
bù不
fù复
fǎn返
。
Time flows like water, never to return.
Tā她
zhèng正
chù处
yú于
huā花
yàng样
nián年
huá华
。
She is in the full bloom of youth.