| 要不了几年就会 | yao4 bu4 le5 ji3 nian2 jiu4 hui4 | will in just a few years |
| 豆寇年华 | dou4 kou4 nian2 hua2 | maidenhood |
| 豆蔻年华 | dou4 kou4 nian2 hua2 | maidenhood |
| 贺岁喜剧 | he4 sui4 xi3 ju4 | new years comedy |
| 贺岁节目 | he4 sui4 jie2 mu4 | New Years Program |
| 过大年 | guo4 da4 nian2 | to pass the New Years |
| 那么多年 | na4 me5 duo1 nian2 | all those years |
| 钟鸣漏尽 | zhong1 ming2 lou4 jin4 | past one's prime |
| 隔年皇历 | ge2 nian2 huang2 li4 | obsolete practice |
| 震旦纪 | zhen4 dan4 ji4 | Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era |
| 睽违 | kui2 wei2 | after a hiatus of (x years) |
| 嵗 | sui4 | years old |
| 终老 | zhong1 lao3 | to spend one's last years |