Definition
时年 is a literary or formal term meaning 'at that time' or 'in those years', often used in historical or biographical writing to specify the age or year when something happened. It typically appears in the pattern 时年 + number + 岁 (age) or 时年 + year, and is not used in everyday conversation. Think of it as a concise way to say 'at the age of' or 'in the year' in a narrative context.
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(literary) at that timein those years (used to specify age or year in historical/biographical contexts)
Examples
- 时年，。Tā shí nián shí bā suì, biàn lí jiā qiú xué.At that time he was eighteen years old and left home to study.
- 时年，。shí nián zhèng zhí zhànzhēng, bǎixìng shēnghuó jiānnán.In those years it was wartime, and the people's lives were difficult.
- 时年，。shí nián tā yǐ chéngmíng, zuòpǐn guǎng shòu hǎopíng.By that time he had already become famous, and his works were widely praised.
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