| 全新统 | quan2 xin1 tong3 | holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years) |
| 其后数年 | qi2 hou4 shu4 nian2 | in the years that followed |
| 前两年 | qian2 liang3 nian2 | two years ago |
| 前几年 | qian2 ji3 nian2 | in the last few years |
| 十年树木百年树人 | shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4 bai3 nian2 shu4 ren2 | it takes ten years to raise a tree, and one hundred to raise a man |
| 十年树木，百年树人 | shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4 bai3 nian2 shu4 ren2 | It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop. |
| 印支期 | yin4 zhi1 qi1 | Indo-Chinese epoch (geology) |
| 回家过年 | hui2 jia1 guo4 nian2 | to go home to celebrate New Years |
| 在未来的几年内 | zai4 wei4 lai2 de5 ji3 nian2 nei4 | in the next few years |
| 城市运动会 | cheng2 shi4 yun4 dong4 hui4 | National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 |
| 城运会 | cheng2 yun4 hui4 | abbr. for 城市é‹å‹•æœƒåŸŽå¸‚è¿åŠ¨ä¼š, National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 |
| 大后年 | da4 hou4 nian2 | three years from now |
| 太古宙 | tai4 gu3 zhou4 | Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago) |