this year

now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

surname Nian

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

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

Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei

the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母

immortal

variant of 仙[xian1]

peach

how? / what? / why?

variant of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]

how

exclamatory final particle

interrogative final particle

suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc

variant of 麼|么[me5]

surname Yao

youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout

lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack

deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

young

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]