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- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
- generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
- Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
Trad. 絕代
- peerless
- unmatched in his generation
- incomparable (talent, beauty)
Trad. 換代
- to transition to a new dynasty or regime
- to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
- a changeover of personnel
- a new shift
- (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
Trad. 代償
- (medical) compensation
- to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
- abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府)
- code name
- (old) pronoun
Trad. 代幣
- token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
Trad. 代書
- to write on sb's behalf
- a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
- to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive)
- means of transportation
- to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
- to act as an agent or proxy
- surrogate
- (computing) proxy
- three generations of a family
- the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
- representative
- delegate
- CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]
- to represent
- to stand for
- on behalf of
- in the name of
Trad. 代誌
- (Tw) (coll.) matter; thing (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tāi-tsì], equivalent to Mandarin 事情[shi4 qing5])
- to transfer (duties to sb else)
- to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
- to explain; to give an account; to brief
- to confess; to account for oneself
- (jocular) to come to a bad end
Trad. 代辦
- to act for sb else
- to act on sb's behalf
- an agent
- a diplomatic representative
- a chargé d'affaires
- Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
Trad. 代銷
- to sell as agent
- to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies)
- proxy sale (of stocks)
Trad. 代駕
- to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3])
- substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1])
- the not-very-distant past
- modern times, excluding recent decades
- (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
- capitalist times (pre-1949)
- 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)
- children of officials
- word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
Trad. 鹵代烴
- haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
- History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
- 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
- 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]
Trad. 代步車
- vehicle
- (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
Trad. 蒙代爾
- Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
Trad. 窮二代
- those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
- see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
Trad. 積代會
- (Cultural Revolution term) conference of activist representatives (abbr. for 積極分子代表大會|积极分子代表大会[ji1 ji2 fen4 zi3 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])
Trad. 顯生代
- Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago
Trad. 年代學
- chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
Trad. 時代曲
- shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
- modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
- Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫[Li3 Yu4], reigned 762-779
Trad. 黨代會
- party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
Trad. 全權代表
- a plenipotentiary (representative)
Trad. 以工代賑
- to provide work to relieve poverty
Trad. 近現代史
- modern history and contemporary history
Trad. 股票代號
- ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
Trad. 包辦代替
- to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
Trad. 五代十國
- Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
Trad. 惡意代碼
- malicious code (e.g. virus)
- malware
Trad. 飛鳥時代
- Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD)
Trad. 奈良時代
- Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
- "break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
Trad. 絕代佳人
- beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance
- prettiest girl ever
- to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
Trad. 風華絕代
- magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent
Trad. 春秋時代
- Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
- The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] by Bernardo Bertolucci
- lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
- to substitute one thing for another
- to carry the can for sb
Trad. 戰國時代
- the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
- Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
Trad. 代人受過
- to take the blame for sb else
- to be made a scapegoat
Trad. 代代相傳
- passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
Trad. 舊五代史
- History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls