初年

chūnián
early years

CEDICT

  1. (formal) first spring month (i.e. first month of the lunar year)
  2. first spring month (i.e. first month of the lunar year)
  3. first years of a historical period

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 初 chū
  1. at first
  2. (at the) beginning
  3. first
  4. junior
  5. basic
=2 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=2 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián