No. 73 in Chinese
今年
"This year."
In a sentence
今年天气很好。
The weather this year is nice.
In this sentence, '今年' (jīnnián) is used to refer to 'this year' and serves as the subject to describe the time frame of the weather.
我今年想去旅游。
I want to travel this year.
Here, '今年' indicates the time frame within which I have the desire to travel, placing an emphasis on this year.
他今年学习的进步很大。
He made significant progress in his studies this year.
The use of '今年' specifies that the progress in studies occurred during this current year, situating the action within the given time period.
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