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一年十二月

Yī nián shí'èr yuè
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 the twelve months of the year
  2. 2 all year round, month by month
  3. 3 one year, twelve months

Examples

HSK 5
一年十二月，他几乎没歇过一天。
Yīniánshí'èryuè, tā jīhū méi xiē guò yī tiān.
All twelve months of the year, he barely took a day off.
HSK 7-9
农民的一年十二月都和节气紧紧相连。
Nóngmín de yīniánshí'èryuè dōu hé jiéqì jǐnjǐn xiānglián.
For farmers, each of the year's twelve months is tied tight to the solar terms.

Tips

history
A common opener in classical folk songs and yuefu (乐府) poetry - the 《十二月歌》 tradition runs through Tang, Song, and Ming verse. One well-known example is 陆游's (陆游) Song-dynasty poem 《岁首书事》『一年十二月，此月一年中』, marking the first month as the year's threshold. The line reads as a calendar-opening formula rather than a philosophical claim.
usage
Modern usage leans on the original rhythm - it sets up 'across all twelve months…' descriptions of steady labor, seasonal routines, or never-ending effort. Read 十二月 as shí'èr yuè (twelve months), not as 'December.'

Stroke Order

一 yī
年 nián
十 shí
二 èr
月 yuè