Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Draw a character Search 5 entries. duōnián 多年 many years duǒnián 躲年 to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) duōniánshēng 多年生 (of a plant) perennial duōniánlái 多年来 for the past many years duōniánlái 多年來 for the past many years