same year; same age; examinees who passed in the same year
Meanings
3 senses · 8 examplesnoun
the same year
formalUsed to indicate events occurring in the same calendar or historical year.
In September of the same year, the bridge was completed.
They started working in the same year.
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This discovery and that invention happened in the same year.
verb
to be of the same age
dialectA dialectal usage, equivalent to the more standard term 同岁 (tóng suì).
He and I are the same age; we were both born in the Year of the Dragon.
These two children were born in the same year.
noun
fellow candidates who passed the imperial exams in the same year
archaicA historical term from Imperial China; these individuals often formed lifelong social and political bonds.
In ancient times, fellows who passed the exams in the same year had close relationships, like brothers.
Minister Zhang and Minister Li were fellow successful candidates from the same imperial examination year.
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He keeps a roster of his fellow exam candidates from that year.