4 characters Idiom and proverb 7 573

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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「年複一年」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Year after year. It is a metaphor for a long period of time. It also describes the time passing in vain.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

nián fú yī nián

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

nin4 fuk1 yat1 nin4

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