nián​xiōng

fellow successful candidate

  • created reference approved 年兄 → 年长兄/年長兄 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    年兄 nián​xiōng

    年长兄 / 年長兄 nián​zhǎng​xiōng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 年兄 · nián​xiōng · classmate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    年兄

    nián​xiōng

    classmate

    (literary) a respectful way to address one's own classmate

    年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 兄 (literal) → 兄 · xiōng · older male friend

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 年兄 · nián​xiōng · successful student — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    年兄

    nián​xiōng

    successful student

    (literary) a term used by an imperial examiner to address a candidate they successfully admitted or recruited

    年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 兄 (literal) → 兄 · xiōng · older male friend

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 年兄 · nián​xiōng · fellow successful candidate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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"

    年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 兄 (literal) → 兄 · xiōng · older male friend

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 年兄 · nián​xiōng · friend of many years — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    年兄

    nián​xiōng

    friend of many years

    a way of addressing a friend one has known for a long time (often ten years) or an older friend

    年 (literal) → 年 · nián · year 兄 (literal) → 兄 · xiōng · older male friend

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense