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Mythic Mandarin

年复一年 (nián fù yī nián): meaning and stroke order

年复一年 (nián fù yī nián) means (idiom) over the years; year after year.

年复一年

Simplified
年复一年
Traditional
年復一年
Pinyin
nián fù yī nián

Stroke order of 年复一年

年

  • Nián surname Nian
  • nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
  • nián grain; harvest (old)
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 秊

Stroke by stroke

复

  • fù to go and return; to return
  • fù to repeat; to double
  • fù variant of 復|复[fu4]; to reply to a letter
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 復

Stroke by stroke

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

年

  • Nián surname Nian
  • nián year; CL:個|个[ge4]
  • nián grain; harvest (old)
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 秊

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 年复一年

  1. nián fù yī nián Traditional 年復一年
    • (idiom) over the years; year after year

Radicals of the characters

年
Radical 干 (Kangxi radical 51) · 6 strokes · 𠂉 on top, 㐄 below
复
Radical 夊 (Kangxi radical 35) · 9 strokes · 𭥍 on top, 夊 below
一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

年复一年 in our stories

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  • 就这样，她日复一日，年复一年，从来没有停过。

    jiù zhèyàng tā rìfùyírì niánfùyìnián cónglái méiyǒu tíng guò

    And so, day after day and year after year, she never once stopped.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 年复一年

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).