年代

年

nián

代

dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]

Characters and words in 年代

年

nián = ni + an2

surname Nian

年

nián = ni + an2

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

年 = 午 + 丨 + 一 : Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.

年

秊

nián = ni + an2

grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]

代

dài = d + ai4

to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon

代 = 亻 + 弋 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) wants to practice her archery skills in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). On the other side Don Quixote (d) is standing, but they don't have an apple, so they substitute the apple with a token (代, 代币). Don Quixote is trembling heavily as Rosa lifts her bow (弋) and prepares to shoot down the token from Don's head.