十年

shínián

ten years; decade

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Examples

我十年前结婚了。

I got married ten years ago.

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我学韩语十年了。

I learned Korean for ten years.

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他死了有十年了。

It has been ten years since he died.

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笑一笑，十年少。

Laughter is good for your health.

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她已经死了十年了。

She has been dead for ten years.

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他和她结婚十年了。

She and I have been married for ten years.

I have been married to her for ten years.

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十年是很长的时间。

Ten years is a long time.

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他十年前去了那裡。

He went there ten years ago.

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我十年前离开日本。

I left Japan ten years ago.

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我住在国外十年了。

I lived abroad for ten years.

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汤姆住在日本十年了。

Tom lived in Japan for ten years.

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我来这里已有十年了。

It has been ten years since I came here.

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我已经认识他十年了。

I have known him for ten years.

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我认识了他有十年了。

I've known him for ten years.

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他们已经结婚十年了。

They have been married for ten years.

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十年之后我看到了他。

I saw him after ten years.

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我十年前参观了福冈。

I visited Fukuoka ten years ago.

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他十年中第一次回家。

He returned home for the first time in ten years.

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我来这个镇有十年了。

It's been ten years since I came to this town.

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十年是一段漫长的岁月。

Ten years is a really long period of time.

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Entry Composition

1 十 shí
  1. ten
  2. 10
=2 年 Nián surname Nian
=2 年 nián year

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

Containing this entry

一年被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 yīniánbèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng see 一朝被蛇咬，一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 yīzhāobèishéyǎo,shíniánpàjǐngshéng
  1. lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying)
  2. fig. once bitten, twice shy
十年树木，百年树人 shíniánshùmù,bǎiniánshùrén (idiom) it takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred years to cultivate people
君子报仇，十年不晚 jūnzibàochóu,shíniánbùwǎn
  1. lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
听君一席话，胜读十年书 tīngjūnyīxíhuà,shèngdúshíniánshū listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)
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