数年

數年
shùnián
  1. several years
  2. many years

CEDICT

Examples

数年过去了。

Several years went by.

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他在数年前去世了。

He died some years since.

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我数年来都和这家商店做生意。

I've dealt with this store for years.

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这是我数年的习惯了，在家里除了吃饭以外我很少离开我的桌子。

For several years I've been in the habit of, when I'm at home, only leaving my desk when it's time to eat.

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Entry Composition

1 数 shù
  1. number; figure
  2. several; a few
=2 年 nián year

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

Related entries

好几年 hǎojǐnián several years
那是好幾年前。

That was years ago.

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多年 duōnián
  1. many years
  2. for many years
  3. longstanding
湯姆去世多年了。

Tom has been gone for ages.

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积年累月 jīniánlěiyuè
  1. year in, year out (idiom)
  2. (over) many years
长年累月 chángniánlěiyuè
  1. year in, year out (idiom)
  2. (over) many years
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.

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