for months and years
Over the years, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī Ni á NL ě iyu è, which means a long time. It comes from the family precepts of the Yan Family: later marriage.
Analysis of Idioms
Long years, long years, long years
The origin of Idioms
Yan Zhitui's "Yan's family precepts · later marriage" in the Northern Qi Dynasty: "over the years, is there a filial son?"
Idiom usage
A long time has passed. I can't bear to give up when I have to. "Shangji Xianwen Xiangshu" by Su Shunqin of Song Dynasty
for months and years
one 's heart ached as if pierced by ten thousand arrows - luàn jiàn cuán xīn
courtesy requires a return of visits received - lǐ shàng wǎng lái