| 多年来 |
duō nián lái |
for the past many years |
| 多 |
duō |
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- |
| 多年 |
duō nián |
many years / for many years / longstanding |
| 年 |
Nián |
surname Nian |
| 年 |
nián |
year / CL:个 |
| 年 |
nián |
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年 |
| 年来 |
nián lái |
this past year / over the last years |
| 来 |
lái |
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) / ever since (as in 自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |