nián​xiōng

fellow successful candidate

年兄 nián​xiōng
fellow successful candidate
(literary) a way for candidates who passed the imperial civil service examination in the same year to address each other; literally "older brother of the same year"
successful student
(literary) a term used by an imperial examiner to address a candidate they successfully admitted or recruited
classmate
(literary) a respectful way to address one's own classmate
friend of many years
a way of addressing a friend one has known for a long time (often ten years) or an older friend

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