Zài hūnlǐ shàng, wǒ hé jǐ ge mòshēngrén tóngzhuō chīfàn, liáo de hěn kāixīn.
At the wedding I shared a table with a few strangers, and we had a great time chatting.
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Chinese pupils traditionally sit in pairs at shared desks, so your 同桌 is the classmate beside you every day, often for years. Teachers sometimes seat a strong student next to a weak one so that one can help the other.
In Pop Culture
同桌的你Tóngzhuō de nǐ
My Deskmate
1994 campus folk song written by 高晓松 and sung by 老狼; still the anthem of school-days nostalgia.
