当年

Pinyin: dāngnián

in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life

Example sentence

当年我在学校的时候经常参加英语演讲比赛。

Dāngnián wǒ zài xuéxiào de shíhou jīngcháng cānjiā Yīngyǔ yǎnjiǎng bǐsài.

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

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What 当年 means

当年 (dāngnián) is an Chinese word meaning “in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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