Examples
在这二百年来，有很多人从农村搬到了市区居住。
This movement from rural to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
Source: Tatoeba
Entry Composition
Containing this entry
| 百年不遇 | bǎiniánbùyù | only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) |
| 百年大计 | bǎiniándàjì | a project of vital and lasting importance |
| 百年好合 | bǎiniánhǎohé | may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) |
| 百年树人 | bǎiniánshùrén | (idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens |
| 百年国耻 | bǎiniánguóchǐ |
Related entries
| 世纪 | shìjì |
century classifier: 個
一个世纪就是一百年。
A century is one hundred years. Source: Tatoeba |
| 寿限 | shòuxiàn |
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| 辈 | bèi |
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| 毕生 | bìshēng |
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 |
| 辈子 | bèizi |
我已经活了大半辈子了。
I've already lived most of my life. Source: Tatoeba |