年复一年 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• over the years; year after year

Character by character

• 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age
• 复fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to
• 一yīone; a, an; alone
• 年niányear; anniversary; a person's age

Idioms sharing a character

• 一年一度 yī nián yī dù
• 人寿年丰 rén shòu nián fēng
• 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
• 年久失修 nián jiǔ shī xiū
• 年功加俸 nián gōng jiā fèng
• 年富力强 nián fù lì qiáng
• 年少无知 nián shào wú zhī
• 年老力衰 nián lǎo lì shuāi
• 年老体弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò
• 年轻力壮 nián qīng lì zhuàng

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