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年华

nián huá

2-character word Traditional 年華

What 年华 means

1. years
2. time
3. age

The characters in 年华

• 年niányear
• 华huámagnificent; splendid; flowery

Example sentences

• 汤姆为自己浪费了大好的青春年华感到非常后悔。
  Tom regretted having wasted a great deal of his life.

Words containing 年华

• 嘉年华jiā nián huá(loanword) carnival
• 花样年华huā yàng nián huáfull bloom of youth
• 似水年华sì shuǐ nián huáfleeting years (idiom)
• 豆蔻年华dòu kòu nián huá(idiom) (of a girl) 13 or 14 years old; early teens; adolescence

Sounds the same

Read nián huá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 黏滑slimy (of rotten food); viscous; (mechanics) stick-slip