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常年

chángnián

all year round; perennial

A snow-capped peak above a green forest and a flowering tree
Memory picture

Characters in this word

常 cháng

Strokes
11
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of
尚 still, yet 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

年 nián

Strokes
6
Radical
干 — arid, dry
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这个地区常年缺水,居民不得不依靠地下水和外地供水。 Zhège dìqū chángnián quēshuǐ, jūmín bùdébù yīkào dìxiàshuǐ hé wàidì gōngshuǐ. This region lacks water all year round, so residents have to rely on groundwater and water supplied from elsewhere.
  • 山顶上常年都有积雪。 Shāndǐng shàng chángnián dōu yǒu jīxuě. There is snow on the mountaintop all year round.
  • 他常年在外地工作,很少回家。 Tā chángnián zài wàidì gōngzuò, hěn shǎo huí jiā. He works away from home all year and seldom comes back.

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