Dictionary › 长年累月

长年累月

cháng nián lěi yuè

4-character word Traditional 長年累月

What 长年累月 means

1. year in, year out (idiom)
2. (over) many years

The characters in 长年累月

• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 年niányear
• 累lèitired; weary; to strain
• 月yuèmoon; month; monthly

Example sentences

• 长年累月东奔西走忙死了，生活太没有规律了。
  I'm so busy running about year in, year out. My life has no consistency.

Sounds the same

Read cháng nián lěi yuè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 常年累月variant of 长年累月