当年

dāng nián · dang nian/dàng nián · dang nian

Traditional 當年

Meaning

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dāng nián 當年

  1. in those days
  2. then
  3. in those years
  4. during that time

dàng nián 當年

  1. that very same year

In a sentence

2 examples
01

当(dāng)年(nián)我(wǒ)在(zài)学(xué)校(xiào)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)经(jīng)常(cháng)参(cān)加(jiā)英(yīng)语(yǔ)演(yǎn)讲(jiǎng)比(bǐ)赛(sài)。

I would often take part in an English speech contest in my school days.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sunnywqing · English by GiggyMantis · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)当(dāng)年(nián)就(jiù)考(kǎo)上(shàng)了(le)大(dà)学(xué),第(dì)二(èr)年(nián)便(biàn)出(chū)国(guó)留(liú)学(xué)了(le)。

He was admitted to university that very same year, and went abroad to study the next year.

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