Chinese mnemonics and annotator
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代 dài substitute
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Chapter-25 HSK-A
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Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
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Tai is composed of 人 jen man as radical, and 弋 i a stake, to shoot with bow and arrow. It means to exchange, in place of, dynasty, etc., and must be carefully distinguished from 伐 fa. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
代
dài
to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon
Phrases ending with the given character
下xià
一yī
代dài
the next generation
中zhōng
生shēng
代dài
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
元yuán
古gǔ
代dài
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
划劃huà
时時shí
代代dài
epoch-marking
古gǔ
生shēng
代dài
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
同同tóng
时時shí
代代dài
contemporary
太tài
古gǔ
代dài
Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
官guān
二èr
代dài
children of officials/word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
富fù
二èr
代dài
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s/see also 窮二代|穷二代[qiong2 er4 dai4]
新xīn
一yī
代dài
new generation
新新xīn
时時shí
代代dài
new age
新xīn
生shēng
代dài
Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
母mǔ
乳rǔ
代dài
substitute for mother's milk/milk powder
独獨dú
二二èr
代代dài
second generation only child
穷窮qióng
二二èr
代代dài
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s/see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
旧舊jiù
时時shí
代代dài
former times/the olden days
显顯xiǎn
生生shēng
代代dài
Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago