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萬年

简万年 · 繁萬年

Mandarin · pinyin Wàn nián

see 萬年縣 Wàn nián Xiàn

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萬: Look up this written character
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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4–2 · Wan4 nian2

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noun

ten thousand years
(figurative) all ages; eternity
(figurative, rare) lifetime

adj

(Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) very long (describing a long time period)

name

(～縣) Wannian (a county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China)

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