年来

年來
niánlái
  1. this past year
  2. over the last years

CEDICT

  1. in recent years
  2. in the past year

Wiktionary

  1. 近年以来。
  2. 一年以来。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他一年来东京一次。

He comes to Tokyo once a year.

Source: Tatoeba

这是 50 年来最热的夏天。

This is the hottest summer we have had in fifty years.

Source: Tatoeba

星体和星体之间的距离是用光年来量度的。

The distance between stars is measured in light years.

Source: Tatoeba

去年那个地区遭受了60年来最严重的干旱。

Last year the region was visited by the worst drought in 60 years.

Source: Tatoeba

他在街市卖鱼卖了许多年了，这些年来每逢星期二都会在街市见到他。

For years he has been at the market every Tuesday morning with his fish stall.

Source: Tatoeba

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Entry Composition

=1 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=1 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
2 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)