一年四季 (yī nián sì jì) — the four seasons of the year; all year round; t…

Definition

idiom

the four seasons of the yearall year roundthroughout the year

一年四季，。
Zhè lǐ de yī nián sì jì qì hòu yí rén, shì hé lǚ yóu.
The climate here is pleasant all year round, suitable for tourism.
一年四季。
Tā yī nián sì jì dōu zài jiān chí duàn liàn shēn tǐ.
He keeps exercising all year round.
一年四季，。
yī nián sì jì Zhōng, wǒ zuì xǐ huan qiū tiān.
Among the four seasons, I like autumn the best.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

禾禾héwheat; grain

Sound part声符shēngfú

人

人rén年nián

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

年 pairs 禾 (grain) with 人, which gives the sound. Its original meaning was harvest, and it later came to mean a year.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

禾子季

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.