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多年来 (duō nián lái) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

多年来 (duō nián lái) is a Chinese word: over the years. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 多年来

短语 duǎn yǔ phrase

over the years

多年来,这个城市发生了很大的变化。

duō nián lái zhè ge chéng shì fā shēng le hěn dà de biàn huà

Over the years, this city has undergone great changes.

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Word breakdown

多 duō — many

年 nián — years

来 lái — up to now (indicates temporal continuity from past to present)

Structure & writing
1 多 duō — many; much; a large number (opposite of 少/寡)
多 is a component in 5 characters

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2 年 nián — year (unit of time; common year = 365 days, leap year = 366 days, every 4 years)

年 is not used as a component in any other character.

年 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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3 来 lái — to come (toward the speaker), opposite of 去
来 is a component in 1 characters

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