同年 (tóng nián) — the same year (as a noun phrase); a person who passed the imperial examination in the same year; a person of the same age; peer
Definition
同年 has three senses: 'the same year', a person of the same age (peer — used like 同龄), and a historical term for candidates who passed the imperial exam together (科举).
noun
the same year (as a noun phrase)a person who passed the imperial examination in the same yeara person of the same agepeer
Examples
- 同年，。Tā men tóng nián chū shēng, yì qǐ zhǎng dà.They were born in the same year and grew up together.
- 同年，。Tā hé wáng míng shì tóng nián, dōu zhōng le jìn shì.He and Wang Ming were fellow candidates who passed the imperial exam in the same year; both became jinshi.
- 同年，。Wǒ men shì tóng nián, suǒ yǐ yǒu hěn duō gòng tóng huà tí.We are of the same age, so we have a lot in common.
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