| 艾迪卡拉 | ai4 di2 ka3 la1 | also written 埃迪å¡æ‹‰[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1] |
| 过去十年 | guo4 qu4 shi2 nian2 | in the past ten years |
| 这么多年来 | zhe4 me5 duo1 nian2 lai2 | in all these last few years |
| 长夜难明 | chang2 ye4 nan2 ming2 | long years of oppression (idiom) |
| 除夕之夜 | chu2 xi1 zhi1 ye4 | New Years Eve |
| 经年累月 | jing1 nian2 lei3 yue4 | for years |
| 一日不见，如隔三秋 | yi1 ri4 bu4 jian4 ru2 ge2 san1 qiu1 | one day apart seems like three years (idiom) |
| 五百年前是一家 | wu3 bai3 nian2 qian2 shi4 yi1 jia1 | five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname) |
| 似水年华 | si4 shui3 nian2 hua2 | fleeting years (idiom) |
| 台上一分钟，台下十年功 | tai2 shang4 yi1 fen1 zhong1 tai2 xia4 shi2 nian2 gong1 | ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom) |
| 听君一席话，胜读十年书 | ting1 jun1 yi1 xi2 hua4 sheng4 du2 shi2 nian2 shu1 | listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books |
| 大前年 | da4 qian2 nian2 | three years ago |
| 往届 | wang3 jie4 | former years |