年月 (nián yuè) — years and months; (long) time; the specific year and month (when something happened)
Definition
年月 usually means '(long) time / years and months', as in 经过漫长的年月 ('after many long years'). With 具体 or 具体发生 it shifts to mean the specific year and month of an event.
noun
years and months(long) timethe specific year and month (when something happened)
Examples
- 年月，。Jīng guò màn cháng de nián yuè, tā zhōng yú chéng gōng le.After many long years, he finally succeeded.
- 年月？Nǐ zhī dào nà jiàn shì fā shēng de jù tǐ nián yuè ma?Do you know the exact year and month when that incident happened?
- 年月，。Zài zhàn zhēng de nà xiē nián yuè lǐ, rén men shēng huó hěn jiān nán.During those years of war, people lived very difficultly.
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