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積年累月

简积年累月 · 繁積年累月

Mandarin · pinyin jī nián lěi yuè

year in, year out (idiom)
(over) many years

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積: Look up this written character
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
累: lèi · tired; implicate, involve; bother
月: yuè · moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
积: jī · accumulate, store up, amass

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1–2–3–4 · ji1 nian2 lei3 yue4

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zik1 nin4 leoi5 jyut6

Cantonese word readings for 積年累月. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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