Examples
yī一yuè月de的chū kǒu出口liáng量bǐ比qù nián去年tóng qī同期shàng shēng上升le了liǎng两chéng成。
一月的出口量比去年同期上升了两成。
Exports in January were up 20% over the same period of last year.
若同期的人先一步完成销售目标，我也不能再吊儿郎当了。
When one of my coworkers starts racking up good sales figures I can't let down my guard.