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Chinese

měinián
Meaning: every year; annually
Part of Speech: Time, Adverb

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Example sentences

我每年都會回家看父母。
我每年都会回家看父母。
I go home every year to see my parents.
每年暑假,我都會到姨媽家住幾天。
Every summer vacation, I stay at my maternal aunt's house for a few days.
每年秋天,大批候鳥遷徙到南方過冬,春天再返回北方繁殖。
Every autumn, large flocks of migratory birds move south to spend the winter, then return north in spring to breed.
姑媽每年春節都會寄來家鄉的年糕。
Every Spring Festival, my paternal aunt sends us rice cakes from our hometown.
這位活佛每年都會到寺院弘法。
This living Buddha visits the monastery every year to teach Buddhist principles.

Usage Notes

A time expression for something that happens in each year. It often appears before words such as 都 or 會.

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