百年 bǎi nián

1. bǎi nián noun a hundred years; a century
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '百年'; Guoyu '百年' 3)
2. bǎi nián noun a lifetime
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '百年'; Guoyu '百年' 4)
3. bǎi nián noun a long time
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '百年' 1)

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• 百年树人(百年樹人) It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man; a good education program takes a long time to develop
• 百年偕老 live to a hundred years and grow old together
• 十年树木，百年树人(十年樹木，百年樹人) It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man . A good education program takes a long time to develop.
• 百年大计(百年大計) a project of vital and lasting importance
• 千百年 over a thousand years
• 百年好合 may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting)
• 百年到老 live to a hundred years and grow old together
• 五百年前是一家 five hundred years ago we were the same family (said of persons with the same surname)
• 百年不遇 only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc)

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英法百年战争

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• 卷五十二　列傳第四十:　　齊宗室諸王下 Volume 52 Biographies 40: The Northern Qi Imperial Family 2 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 12
• 卷七十五　列傳第六十五 隱逸上 Volume 75 Biographies 65: Recluses 1 History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 11
• 卷九十三 列傳第五十三 隱逸 Volume 93 Biographies 53: Hermits Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
• 卷7下 高祖紀下 Volume 7b Annals: Gaozu 2 (Emperor Xiaowen) Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 9
• 周紀 Records of the Zhou Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 6
• 卷第七 楊朱篇 Chapter 7: Yang Zhu Liezi 列子 — count: 6
• 卷五十四　志第六:　　曆三 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Calendar 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 5
• 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
• 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 百年之后 (百年之後) 吾百年之後何恨哉 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 10
• 百年以上 (百年以上) 百年以上假縣令 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷7下 高祖紀下 Volume 7b Annals: Gaozu 2 (Emperor Xiaowen) — count: 9
• 问百年 (問百年) 問百年者就見之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 6
• 王百年 (王百年) 殺樂陵王百年 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷七　　補帝紀第七　武成帝 Volume 7 Annals 7: Emperor Wucheng — count: 5
• 寿百年 (壽百年) 犀甲壽百年 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 4
• 百年妻 (百年妻) 以私米饋原平及山陰朱百年妻 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十一 列傳第五十一 孝義 Volume 91 Biographies 51: Xiao Yi — count: 4
• 邦百年 (邦百年) 善人為邦百年 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 13. 《子路》 Zi Lu — count: 3
• 享百年 (享百年) 享百年之壽 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十 杜周傳 Volume 60: Du Zhou — count: 3
• 民百年 (民百年) 官屬及民百年者錢 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四 孝和孝殤帝紀 Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Xiaohe; Emperor Xiaoshang — count: 3
• 朱百年 (朱百年) 以私米饋原平及山陰朱百年妻 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷九十一 列傳第五十一 孝義 Volume 91 Biographies 51: Xiao Yi — count: 3