Chinese characters for “nian”

to pick up with the fingers

withered, faded, decayed

year

to stick to

sheatfish

catfish

sheatfish

to twist or nip with the fingers

hand-cart

to roll over

to drive away, to expel, to oust

stone roller

hand-cart

to roll over

to drive away, to expel, to oust

to think of, to recall

twenty, twentieth

twenty, twentieth

to recite, to read, to chant

dike, embankment