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Usage of the character 代

dài
[代]
  • to substitute
  • to act on behalf of others
  • to replace
  • generation
  • dynasty
  • age
  • period
  • (historical) era
  • (geological) eon
shàngdài
上代
[上代]
  • previous generation
Qīngdài
清代
[清代]
  • Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
dàihào
代号
[代號]
  • code name
dàicháng
代偿
[代償]
  • (medical) compensation
  • to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
dàiláo
代劳
[代勞]
  • to do sth in place of sb else
zhǐdài
指代
[指代]
  • to refer to
  • to be used in place of
tìdài
替代
[替代]
  • to substitute for
  • to replace
  • to supersede
Hàndài
汉代
[漢代]
  • the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
dàizhǐ
代指
[代指]
  • to mean
  • to signify
dàijià
代价
[代價]
  • price
  • cost
  • consideration (in share dealing)
dàirù
代入
[代入]
  • to substitute into
dàibǐ
代笔
[代筆]
  • to write on behalf of sb
  • to ghostwrite
Dàidùn
代顿
[代頓]
  • Dayton (city in Ohio)
dàilǐ
代理
[代理]
  • to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position
  • to act as an agent or proxy
  • surrogate
  • (computing) proxy
dàiguǎn
代管
[代管]
  • to administer
  • to manage
  • to hold in trust or escrow
cháodài
朝代
[朝代]
  • dynasty
  • reign (of a king)
dàitián
代填
[代填]
  • to fill in a form for sb else
bāndài
班代
[班代]
  • (Tw) class representative
  • class president
dàixiāo
代销
[代銷]
  • to sell as agent
  • to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies)
  • proxy sale (of stocks)
shìdài
世代
[世代]
  • for many generations
  • generation
  • era
  • age
dàibān
代班
[代班]
  • (Tw) to take over sb's job; to substitute for
dàihuàn
代换
[代換]
  • to substitute
  • to replace
dàigòu
代购
[代購]
  • to buy (on behalf of sb)
dàitáng
代糖
[代糖]
  • sugar substitute
Jīndài
金代
[金代]
  • Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真 ( Nüzhēn) people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
dàishū
代书
[代書]
  • to write on sb's behalf
  • a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
Míngdài
明代
[明代]
  • the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
dàichēng
代称
[代稱]
  • alternative name
  • to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
xiàndài
现代
[現代]
  • modern times
  • modern age
  • modern era
dàiyán
代言
[代言]
  • to be a spokesperson
  • to be an ambassador (for a brand)
  • to endorse
Sòngdài
宋代
[宋代]
  • Song dynasty (960-1279)
dàikè
代课
[代課]
  • to teach as substitute for absent teacher
Qíndài
秦代
[秦代]
  • Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇 ( Qín Shǐhuáng), the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
Dàixiàn
代县
[代縣]
  • Dai county in Xinzhou 忻州 ( Xīnzhōu), Shanxi
jìndài
近代
[近代]
  • 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)
dàimǔ
代母
[代母]
  • godmother
  • surrogate mother
dàibù
代步
[代步]
  • to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive)
  • means of transportation
hòudài
后代
[後代]
  • descendant; progeny
  • posterity; later ages; later generations
chuándài
传代
[傳代]
  • to pass to the next generation
Wǔdài
五代
[五代]
  • 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
dàiwéi
代为
[代為]
  • to do sth on behalf of sb else
diédài
迭代
[迭代]
  • (computing, math.) to iterate
  • (literary) to alternate
dàijì
代际
[代際]
  • intergenerational
  • generational
dàizhì
代志
[代誌]
  • (Tw) (coll.) matter; thing (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. (tāi-tsì), equivalent to Mandarin 事情 (shìqing))
mòdài
末代
[末代]
  • final generation
Jìndài
晋代
[晉代]
  • Jin Dynasty (265-420)
Zhōudài
周代
[周代]
  • Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
dàibì
代币
[代幣]
  • token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
dàimǎ
代码
[代碼]
  • code
qīndài
亲代
[親代]
  • parent's generation
  • previous generation
dàishōu
代收
[代收]
  • to receive sth on another's behalf
Tángdài
唐代
[唐代]
  • Tang dynasty (618-907)
dàiyùn
代孕
[代孕]
  • to serve as a surrogate mother
  • surrogacy
jiāodài
交代
[交代]
  • 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
dàijià
代驾
[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 (dàilǐjiàshǐ))
  • substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機/代驾司机 (dàijiàsījī))
qǔdài
取代
[取代]
  • to replace
  • to supersede
  • to supplant
  • (chemistry) substitution
dàikǎo
代考
[代考]
  • to take a test or exam for sb
zǐdài
子代
[子代]
  • offspring
  • child's generation
kuàngdài
旷代
[曠代]
  • unrivalled
  • without peer in this generation
niándài
年代
[年代]
  • a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  • age
  • era
  • period
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
dàishù
代数
[代數]
  • algebra
Wàndài
万代
[萬代]
  • Bandai toy company
Shāngdài
商代
[商代]
  • the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
dàigōu
代沟
[代溝]
  • generation gap
shídài
时代
[時代]
  • age
  • era
  • epoch
  • period (in one's life)
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
Xiàndài
现代
[現代]
  • Hyundai, South Korean company
dàixiě
代写
[代寫]
  • to write as substitute for sb
  • a ghost writer
  • plagiarism
dàibàn
代办
[代辦]
  • to act for sb else
  • to act on sb's behalf
  • an agent
  • a diplomatic representative
  • a chargé d'affaires
shèngdài
圣代
[聖代]
  • sundae (loanword)
huàndài
换代
[換代]
  • to transition to a new dynasty or regime
  • to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
jièdài
借代
[借代]
  • metonymy
èrdài
二代
[二代]
  • secondary
  • twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
Yuándài
元代
[元代]
  • the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
duàndài
断代
[斷代]
  • periodization (of history)
dàicí
代词
[代詞]
  • pronoun
dāngdài
当代
[當代]
  • the present age
  • the contemporary era
dàigōng
代工
[代工]
  • OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
gēngdài
更代
[更代]
  • substitution
  • replacing former general
  • change of leader
Shídài
时代
[時代]
  • Time, US weekly news magazine
Dàizōng
代宗
[代宗]
  • Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 ( Jǐngtài)
dàizuì
代罪
[代罪]
  • to redeem oneself
  • to make up for one's misdeeds
dàixíng
代行
[代行]
  • to act as a substitute; to act on sb's behalf
yīdài
一代
[一代]
  • generation
dàidài
代代
[代代]
  • from generation to generation
  • generation after generation
dàibiǎo
代表
[代表]
  • representative
  • delegate
  • CL:位 (wèi),個/个 (gè),名 (míng)
  • to represent
  • to stand for
  • on behalf of
  • in the name of
dàizì
代字
[代字]
  • abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府)
  • code name
  • (old) pronoun
dàitì
代替
[代替]
  • to replace; to take the place of
dàicān
代餐
[代餐]
  • meal replacement
dàidǎo
代祷
[代禱]
  • to pray on behalf of sb
lìdài
历代
[歷代]
  • successive generations
  • successive dynasties
  • past dynasties
sāndài
三代
[三代]
  • three generations of a family
  • the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
gǔdài
古代
[古代]
  • ancient times
guādài
瓜代
[瓜代]
  • a changeover of personnel
  • a new shift
  • (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
juédài
绝代
[絕代]
  • peerless
  • unmatched in his generation
  • incomparable (talent, beauty)
Xiàdài
夏代
[夏代]
  • Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
Suídài
隋代
[隋代]
  • Sui dynasty (581-617)
dàikòu
代扣
[代扣]
  • to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
dàixiè
代谢
[代謝]
  • replacement
  • substitution
  • metabolism (biol.)
dàishùshì
代数式
[代數式]
  • (math.) algebraic expression
guān'èrdài
官二代
[官二代]
  • children of officials
  • word created by analogy with 富二代 (fù'èrdài)
xiàndàishǐ
现代史
[現代史]
  • modern history
tóngshídài
同时代
[同時代]
  • contemporary
niándàixué
年代学
[年代學]
  • chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
wěidàimǎ
伪代码
[偽代碼]
  • pseudocode
niándàichū
年代初
[年代初]
  • beginning of an age
  • beginning of a decade
xiàndàixìng
现代性
[現代性]
  • modernity
xiàyīdài
下一代
[下一代]
  • the next generation
fàndàishù
泛代数
[泛代數]
  • universal algebra
dàishùliàng
代数量
[代數量]
  • algebraic quantity
dàishùhé
代数和
[代數和]
  • algebraic sum
xīnshídài
新时代
[新時代]
  • new age
xiàndàipài
现代派
[現代派]
  • modernist faction
  • modernists
yuándàimǎ
源代码
[源代碼]
  • source code (computing)
qióng'èrdài
穷二代
[窮二代]
  • those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
  • see also 富二代 (fù'èrdài)
xiàndàirén
现代人
[現代人]
  • modern man
  • Homo sapiens
Gǔshēngdài
古生代
[古生代]
  • 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
tìdàipǐn
替代品
[替代品]
  • substitute
  • alternative
Xiǎnshēngdài
显生代
[顯生代]
  • Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀/寒武纪 ( Hánwǔjì), c. 540m year ago
dàibiǎotuán
代表团
[代表團]
  • delegation
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
jīdàihuì
积代会
[積代會]
  • (Cultural Revolution term) conference of activist representatives (abbr. for 積極分子代錶大會/积极分子代表大会)
jiùshídài
旧时代
[舊時代]
  • former times
  • the olden days
dàixiāodiàn
代销店
[代銷店]
  • outlet
  • commission shop
  • agency
Wàndàilán
万代兰
[萬代蘭]
  • Vanda genus of orchids
dàibùchē
代步车
[代步車]
  • vehicle
  • (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
xīng'èrdài
星二代
[星二代]
  • children of celebrities
dàibiǎoduì
代表队
[代表隊]
  • delegation
huàshídài
划时代
[劃時代]
  • epoch-marking
shídàiqǔ
时代曲
[時代曲]
  • shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
dàibiǎoxìng
代表性
[代表性]
  • representativeness
  • representative; typical
dǎngdàihuì
党代会
[黨代會]
  • party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
dú'èrdài
独二代
[獨二代]
  • second generation only child
Yīngdài'ěr
英代尔
[英代爾]
  • Intel
dàishùqún
代数群
[代數群]
  • algebraic group (math.)
dàimǎyè
代码页
[代碼頁]
  • code page
dàishùcù
代数簇
[代數簇]
  • algebraic variety (math.)
fù'èrdài
富二代
[富二代]
  • children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s
  • see also 窮二代/穷二代 (qióng'èrdài)
dàiyánrén
代言人
[代言人]
  • spokesperson
xīnshēngdài
新生代
[新生代]
  • new generation
Tàigǔdài
太古代
[太古代]
  • Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
Lǐdàishù
李代数
[李代數]
  • Lie algebra (math.)
xiàndàihuà
现代化
[現代化]
  • modernization
  • CL:個/个 (gè)
Wǔdàishǐ
五代史
[五代史]
  • History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 ( Xuē Jūzhèng) in 974 during Northern Song 北宋 ( Běi Sòng), 150 scrolls
Zhōngshēngdài
中生代
[中生代]
  • 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)
Yuángǔdài
元古代
[元古代]
  • Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
jìndàishǐ
近代史
[近代史]
  • modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
Dàilìsī
代利斯
[代利斯]
  • Dallys, Algerian seaport and naval base
dàibiǎochù
代表处
[代表處]
  • representative office
dàizhīyǐ
代之以
[代之以]
  • (has been) replaced with
  • (its) place has been taken by
dàibiǎozuò
代表作
[代表作]
  • representative work (of an author or artist)
dàishùxué
代数学
[代數學]
  • algebra (as branch of math.)
xīnyīdài
新一代
[新一代]
  • new generation
Xīnshēngdài
新生代
[新生代]
  • Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
Táng Dàizōng
唐代宗
[唐代宗]
  • Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫 ( Lǐ Yù), reigned 762-779
lǔdàitīng
卤代烃
[鹵代烴]
  • haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
qǔdàijī
取代基
[取代基]
  • substituent (chemistry)
gǔdàishǐ
古代史
[古代史]
  • ancient history
dāngdàishǐ
当代史
[當代史]
  • contemporary history
Méngdài'ěr
蒙代尔
[蒙代爾]
  • Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
dàilǐrén
代理人
[代理人]
  • agent
xiàndàiwǔ
现代舞
[現代舞]
  • modern dance
dàizìhào
代字号
[代字號]
  • swung dash
  • tilde (~)
dàitìzhě
代替者
[代替者]
  • substitute
dàimǎduàn
代码段
[代碼段]
  • code segment
dàimíngcí
代名词
[代名詞]
  • pronoun
  • synonym
  • byword
dàilǐshāng
代理商
[代理商]
  • agent
Shídài Guǎngchǎng
时代广场
[時代廣場]
  • Times Square
xiàndàiyīnyuè
现代音乐
[現代音樂]
  • modern music
  • contemporary music
liùshíniándài
六十年代
[六十年代]
  • the sixties
  • the 1960s
Mǎ'ěrdàifū
马尔代夫
[馬爾代夫]
  • the Maldives
gēngxīnhuàndài
更新换代
[更新換代]
  • reform and renewal
  • generational change
Mòdài Huángdì
末代皇帝
[末代皇帝]
  • The Last Emperor, 1987 biopic of Pu Yi 溥儀/溥仪 ( Pǔyí) by Bernardo Bertolucci
Píng'ānshídài
平安时代
[平安時代]
  • Heian period (794-1185), period of Japanese history
dàishùqūmiàn
代数曲面
[代數曲面]
  • algebraic surface
dàizuìgāoyáng
代罪羔羊
[代罪羔羊]
  • scapegoat
qiānqiūwàndài
千秋万代
[千秋萬代]
  • throughout the ages
zhèngquàndàixiāo
证券代销
[證券代銷]
  • proxy sale of securities
èyìdàimǎ
恶意代码
[惡意代碼]
  • malicious code (e.g. virus)
  • malware
sāndàitóngtáng
三代同堂
[三代同堂]
  • three generations under one roof
quánquándàibiǎo
全权代表
[全權代表]
  • a plenipotentiary (representative)
Sāngè Dàibiǎo
三个代表
[三個代表]
  • the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民/江泽民 ( Jiāng Zémín) in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
xiàngliàngdàishù
向量代数
[向量代數]
  • vector algebra
jìnxiàndàishǐ
近现代史
[近現代史]
  • modern history and contemporary history
dàikèbóchē
代客泊车
[代客泊車]
  • valet parking
dàishùshùyù
代数数域
[代數數域]
  • algebraic number field (math.)
dàitìfùmǔ
代替父母
[代替父母]
  • in place of sb's parents
  • in loco parentis (law)
zhǐshìdàicí
指示代词
[指示代詞]
  • demonstrative pronoun
dàilǐyùnmǔ
代理孕母
[代理孕母]
  • (Tw) surrogacy
  • surrogate pregnancy
  • surrogate mother
Wǔdài Shíguó
五代十国
[五代十國]
  • Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
Nàiliáng Shídài
奈良时代
[奈良時代]
  • Nara period (710-794) in early Japanese history
fēngjiànshídài
封建时代
[封建時代]
  • feudal times
yíwèndàicí
疑问代词
[疑問代詞]
  • interrogative pronoun (誰/谁, 什麼/什么, 哪兒/哪儿 etc)
yǐgōngdàizhèn
以工代赈
[以工代賑]
  • to provide work to relieve poverty
rénchēngdàicí
人称代词
[人稱代詞]
  • personal pronoun
rénmíndàibiǎo
人民代表
[人民代表]
  • deputy to the People's Congress
gāoděngdàishù
高等代数
[高等代數]
  • higher algebra
héchéngdàixiè
合成代谢
[合成代謝]
  • anabolism (biology)
  • constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc)
  • assimilation
shìshìdàidài
世世代代
[世世代代]
  • for many generations
Lìdàizhìshàng
历代志上
[歷代志上]
  • First book of Chronicles
xiànxìngdàishù
线性代数
[線性代數]
  • linear algebra
Fùxīng Shídài
复兴时代
[復興時代]
  • the Renaissance
dàirénshòuguò
代人受过
[代人受過]
  • to take the blame for sb else
  • to be made a scapegoat
dàibiǎorénwù
代表人物
[代表人物]
  • representative individual (of a school of thought)
fēnghuájuédài
风华绝代
[風華絕代]
  • magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent
bāobàndàitì
包办代替
[包辦代替]
  • to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
xīnchéndàixiè
新陈代谢
[新陳代謝]
  • metabolism (biology)
  • the new replaces the old (idiom)
jiāohuàndàishù
交换代数
[交換代數]
  • (math.) commutative algebra
shìdàixiāngchuán
世代相传
[世代相傳]
  • passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
Shídài Huánà
时代华纳
[時代華納]
  • Time Warner Inc., US media company
dàishùjǐhé
代数几何
[代數幾何]
  • algebraic geometry
Qiānxǐ Yīdài
千禧一代
[千禧一代]
  • Generation Y
  • Millennial Generation
xiàndàiwǔxiàng
现代五项
[現代五項]
  • modern pentathlon
Rìjùshídài
日据时代
[日據時代]
  • the era of Japanese occupation
shìlìdàimǎ
示例代码
[示例代碼]
  • sample code (computing)
chōuxiàngdàishù
抽象代数
[抽象代數]
  • abstract algebra
dàidàixiāngchuán
代代相传
[代代相傳]
  • passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
Xiàndài Jítuán
现代集团
[現代集團]
  • Hyundai, the Korean corporation
dàishōuhuòkuǎn
代收货款
[代收貨款]
  • collect on delivery (COD)
xìnxīshídài
信息时代
[信息時代]
  • information age
qīshíniándài
七十年代
[七十年代]
  • the seventies; the 1970s
fǎnshēndàicí
反身代词
[反身代詞]
  • reflexive pronoun
Zhànguó Shídài
战国时代
[戰國時代]
  • the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
  • Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
gǔpiàodàihào
股票代号
[股票代號]
  • ticker symbol (to identify share coupon)
gǎicháohuàndài
改朝换代
[改朝換代]
  • to transition to a new dynasty or regime
Liú Sòng Shídài
刘宋时代
[劉宋時代]
  • Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
zàiwèishídài
在位时代
[在位時代]
  • reign (of a king, emperor etc)
Fēiniǎo Shídài
飞鸟时代
[飛鳥時代]
  • Asuka Period in Japanese history (538-710 AD)
juédàijiārén
绝代佳人
[絕代佳人]
  • beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance
  • prettiest girl ever
Hēi'àn Shídài
黑暗时代
[黑暗時代]
  • Dark Ages
guójiādàimǎ
国家代码
[國家代碼]
  • country code
Kèlǎngdàikè
克朗代克
[克朗代克]
  • Klondike in northwest Canada
xiàndàixíngshì
现代形式
[現代形式]
  • the modern form
Liù Cháo Shídài
六朝时代
[六朝時代]
  • the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang
wùzhǔdàicí
物主代词
[物主代詞]
  • possessive pronoun
bīnghéshídài
冰河时代
[冰河時代]
  • ice age
dàishùqūxiàn
代数曲线
[代數曲線]
  • algebraic curve
yuèzǔdàipáo
越俎代庖
[越俎代庖]
  • lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
  • to take matters into one's own hands
fēnshǒudàilǐ
分手代理
[分手代理]
  • "break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
Qīngdài Tōngshǐ
清代通史
[清代通史]
  • General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山/萧一山 ( Xiāo Yīshān)
Lìdàizhìxià
历代志下
[歷代志下]
  • Second book of Chronicles
shìdàijiāotì
世代交替
[世代交替]
  • alternation of generations
dàishùhánshù
代数函数
[代數函數]
  • (math.) algebraic function
chuánzōngjiēdài
传宗接代
[傳宗接代]
  • to carry on one's ancestral line
Jiù Wǔdàishǐ
旧五代史
[舊五代史]
  • History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 ( Xuē Jūzhèng) in 974 during Northern Song 北宋 ( Běi Sòng), 150 scrolls
lǐdàitáojiāng
李代桃僵
[李代桃僵]
  • lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree
  • to substitute one thing for another
  • to carry the can for sb
shǒuxídàibiǎo
首席代表
[首席代表]
  • chief representative
néngliàngdàixiè
能量代谢
[能量代謝]
  • energy metabolism
wàndàiqiānqiū
万代千秋
[萬代千秋]
  • after innumerable ages
Xīn Wǔdàishǐ
新五代史
[新五代史]
  • Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修/欧阳修 ( Oūyáng Xiū) in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
dàinámǎitè
代拿买特
[代拿買特]
  • dynamite (loanword)
Dài'ěrfūtè
代尔夫特
[代爾夫特]
  • Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
dàishùfāngchéng
代数方程
[代數方程]
  • algebraic equation
tìdàiránliào
替代燃料
[替代燃料]
  • alternative fuel
Shíqì Shídài
石器时代
[石器時代]
  • Stone Age
dàishùjiégòu
代数结构
[代數結構]
  • algebraic structure
chūděngdàishù
初等代数
[初等代數]
  • elementary algebra
huángjīnshídài
黄金时代
[黃金時代]
  • golden age
Bù'ěrdàishù
布尔代数
[布爾代數]
  • Boolean algebra
qǔ'érdàizhī
取而代之
[取而代之]
  • (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
Chūnqiū Shídài
春秋时代
[春秋時代]
  • Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
fēnjiědàixiè
分解代谢
[分解代謝]
  • catabolism (biology)
  • metabolic breaking down and waste disposal
  • dissimilation
dàiyùnmǔqīn
代孕母亲
[代孕母親]
  • surrogate mother
dàishùtuòpū
代数拓扑
[代數拓撲]
  • (math.) algebraic topology
rónghuájuédài
容华绝代
[容華絕代]
  • to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
yǐyándàifǎ
以言代法
[以言代法]
  • to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
xíngxiàngdàiyánrén
形象代言人
[形象代言人]
  • (brand or organization) ambassador
  • face (of a brand or company)
nóngyèxiàndàihuà
农业现代化
[農業現代化]
  • modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
jiāohuàndàishùxué
交换代数学
[交換代數學]
  • (math.) commutative algebra
Xiàndài Xīn Rújiā
现代新儒家
[現代新儒家]
  • Modern New Confucianism
  • see also 新儒家 ( Xīn Rújiā)
fǎdìngdàibiǎorén
法定代表人
[法定代表人]
  • (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)
dàishùjǐhéxué
代数几何学
[代數幾何學]
  • algebraic geometry
gōngyèxiàndàihuà
工业现代化
[工業現代化]
  • modernization of industry, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
fùbùguòsāndài
富不过三代
[富不過三代]
  • wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
gāowéidàishùcù
高维代数簇
[高維代數簇]
  • (math.) higher dimensional algebraic variety
Zhōngshíqì Shídài
中石器时代
[中石器時代]
  • Mesolithic Era
Dāngdài Xīn Rújiā
当代新儒家
[當代新儒家]
  • Contemporary New Confucianism
  • see 新儒家 ( Xīn Rújiā)
Jiùshíqì Shídài
旧石器时代
[舊石器時代]
  • Paleolithic Era
yàodàidònglìxué
药代动力学
[藥代動力學]
  • pharmacokinetics
mǔrǔdàiyòngpǐn
母乳代用品
[母乳代用品]
  • breast milk substitute
dìzhìniándàibiǎo
地质年代表
[地質年代表]
  • geological time scale
guānxidàimíngcí
关系代名词
[關係代名詞]
  • relative pronoun
Xīnshíqì Shídài
新石器时代
[新石器時代]
  • Neolithic Era
kāifàngyuándàimǎ
开放源代码
[開放源代碼]
  • see 開放源碼/开放源码 (kāifāngyuánmá)
dàishùhánshùlùn
代数函数论
[代數函數論]
  • algebraic function theory (math.)
hòuxiàndàizhǔyì
后现代主义
[後現代主義]
  • postmodernism
guófángxiàndàihuà
国防现代化
[國防現代化]
  • modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
Qīngtóngqì Shídài
青铜器时代
[青銅器時代]
  • the Bronze Age
  • also written 青銅時代/青铜时代 ( Qīngtóng Shídài)
sìgexiàndàihuà
四个现代化
[四個現代化]
  • Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
  • abbr. to 四化 (sìhuà)
liúdàiliúsuānnà
硫代硫酸钠
[硫代硫酸鈉]
  • sodium hyposulfide
  • sodium thiosulfate
Tuōmǎsī· Hādài
托马斯·哈代
[托馬斯·哈代]
  • Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), English author
Chūnqiū Zhànguó Shídài
春秋战国时代
[春秋戰國時代]
  • the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
  • Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
dōushénmeniándàile
都什么年代了
[都什麼年代了]
  • What decade are you living in?
  • That's so out-of-date!
quánguódàibiǎodàhuì
全国代表大会
[全國代表大會]
  • national general congress
  • Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
dàishùjīběndìnglǐ
代数基本定理
[代數基本定理]
  • fundamental theorem of algebra
lào'ānsuāndàixièbìng
酪氨酸代谢病
[酪氨酸代謝病]
  • (medicine) tyrosinosis
fēitóngzhìhuàdàibì
非同质化代币
[非同質化代幣]
  • non-fungible token (NFT)
yīdàibùrúyīdài
一代不如一代
[一代不如一代]
  • to be getting worse with each generation
Zhuīxún Xiàndài Zhōngguó
追寻现代中国
[追尋現代中國]
  • In Search of Modern China by Jonathan D Spence 史景遷/史景迁 ( Shǐ Jǐngqiān)
guójìhuòyùndàilǐ
国际货运代理
[國際貨運代理]
  • international transport agency
Yuēhàn· Epǔdàikè
约翰·厄普代克
[約翰·厄普代克]
  • John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
dàishùxuéjīběndìnglǐ
代数学基本定理
[代數學基本定理]
  • fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
yàowùdàixièdònglìxué
药物代谢动力学
[藥物代謝動力學]
  • pharmacokinetics
kēxuéjìshùxiàndàihuà
科学技术现代化
[科學技術現代化]
  • modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
tǒngyīshèhuìxìnyòngdàimǎ
统一社会信用代码
[統一社會信用代碼]
  • unified social credit identifier, the VAT identification number of a business or organization
Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
全国人民代表大会
[全國人民代表大會]
  • (Chinese) National People's Congress
  • abbr. to 人大 ( Réndà)
Shìjiè Wéiwú'ěr Dàibiǎo Dàhuì
世界维吾尔代表大会
[世界維吾爾代表大會]
  • World Uighur Congress
yǐyándàifǎ,yǐquányāfǎ
以言代法,以权压法
[以言代法,以權壓法]
  • to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  • Might makes right.
Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Chángwù Wěiyuánhuì
全国人民代表大会常务委员会
[全國人民代表大會常務委員會]
  • Standing Committee of the National People's Congress