世代交替
Traditional form:
世代交替
Pinyin (reading):
shìdàijiāotì
Definitions:
- (biology) alternation of generations
- (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
Characters:
- 世 - generation, era, age; world
- 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
- 交 - to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
- 替 - to change, to replace, to substitute for
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