niánxiōng
fellow successful candidate
年兄 niánxiōng
- 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
Cross-References
Same as
- 年长兄 niánzhǎngxiōng