显生代

Traditional form:

顯生代

Pinyin (reading):

Xiǎnshēngdài

Definitions:

• Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀／寒武纪 ( Hánwǔjì), c. 540m year ago

Characters:

• 显 - clear, evident; prominent; to show
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

Traditional characters:

• 顯 - clear, evident; prominent; to show
• 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
• 代 - era, generation; to substitute for, to replace