Tóngxué jùhuì shàng, zhēn yǒu ' suìsuìniánniánrénbùtóng ' de gǎnkǎi.
At the class reunion, I truly felt the sigh of 'year after year the people are different.'
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history
From the early-Tang poet 刘希夷 in 《代悲白头翁》: 年年岁岁花相似，岁岁年年人不同 (year upon year the flowers look alike; year upon year the people differ). A traditional tale says his uncle 宋之问 killed him to steal this couplet, likely apocryphal but a sign of how prized these lines were.
usage
Always paired with 年年岁岁花相似. 岁岁年年 and 年年岁岁 are reduplicated pairs that intensify 'year after year.'
