In these two central provinces the peasant rising of the so-called "Nien Fei" had begun, but it only became formidable after 1855, owing to the increasing misery of the peasants.
Ti, whose leader Ch'i Wan-nien took on the title emperor.
I regretfully left the summit of Mount Omei on my downward journey early on the morning of 10th March, and, after many a slip and sprawl on the snow, reached the Wan-nien monastery in the afternoon.
At Wan-nien Ssŭ the temperature had sunk to 49°; on the summit of the mountain there were 13 degrees of frost after sunset.
It was written about 1665 in commemoration of a restoration of the Wan-nien and Kuang Hsiang monasteries under the auspices of a Provincial Governor.
In the time of Wan Li of the Ming, its name was changed to Shêng-shou Wan-nien Ssŭ.
The next temple to Wan-nien Ssŭ is the Kuan Hsin Ting,[55] a poor building which was apparently in sole charge of a child of nine.
Below Wan-nien Ssŭ I left behind me spring warmth and sprouting vegetation.
The same pilgrim presented a coloured print of the great Shwe Dagon pagoda at Rangoon, which is regarded by the monks of Wan-nien as a precious work of art, though its intrinsic value is, of course, trifling.
The Feast of Go Nien We are now in the Pepper Month; And soon will come the Feast of Go Nien.
Like all the rest Wan-nien Ssu is plainly built of timbers, and cannot compare with the picturesque curly-roofed buildings one sees in the plains below.
Wan-nien Ssu boasts another treasure more readily displayed, a so-called tooth of Buddha weighing about eighteen pounds.
Discipline seemed well maintained, and there was no unseemly begging for contributions as at Wan-nien Ssu.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nien" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
