百年

bǎinián
  1. hundred years
  2. century
  3. lifetime

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) lifetime
  2. (figurative) long time
  3. lifetime
  4. long time
  5. one hundred years; century

Wiktionary

  1. 比喻時間、年代的久遠。
  2. 比喻年紀衰老。
  3. 一百歲。
  4. 年壽的終點。

重編國語辭典

Examples

在這二百年來，有很多人從農村搬到了市區居住。

This movement from rural to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 百 bǎi
  1. hundred
  2. numerous
  3. all kinds of
=2 年 nián year

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

Containing this entry

百年不遇 bǎiniánbùyù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)
百年大計 bǎiniándàjì a project of vital and lasting importance
百年好合 bǎiniánhǎohé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
百年樹人 bǎiniánshùrén (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
百年國恥 bǎiniánguóchǐ
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Related entries

世紀 shìjì century

classifier: 個

一个世纪就是一百年。

A century is one hundred years.

Source: Tatoeba

壽限 shòuxiàn
  1. lifetime
  2. length of life
輩 bèi
  1. lifetime
  2. generation
  3. group of people
  4. class
  5. classifier for generations
  6. (literary) classifier for people
畢生 bìshēng
  1. all one's life
  2. lifetime
有的工作只是工作，有的工作是你畢生的事業。

There’s work and there’s your life’s work.

Source: Tatoeba

輩子 bèizi
  1. all one's life
  2. lifetime
我已经活了大半辈子了。

I've already lived most of my life.

Source: Tatoeba

壽命 shòumìng
  1. life span
  2. life expectancy
  3. lifetime (of a machine)
蝴蝶的寿命短。

The life span of a butterfly is short.

Source: Tatoeba

世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble
他在數年前去世了。

He died some years since.

Source: Tatoeba