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HSK
representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
to replace; to take the place of
HSK 4
the sixties / the 1960s
the seventies; the 1970s
algebra
generation
HSK 6
three generations under one roof
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
HSK 5
the present age / the contemporary era
HSK 5
second generation
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
Tang dynasty (618–907)
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
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)
Time, US weekly news magazine
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
a substitute; a replacement
the next generation
HSK 7-9
to substitute into
agent
HSK 7-9
to teach as substitute for absent teacher
to be getting worse with each generation
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
HSK 5
deputy to the People's Congress
the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
algebraic structure
national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
new generation
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
personal pronoun
to mean / to signify
Paleolithic Era
to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism
(Tw) to take over sb's job; to substitute for
code segment
delegation
to buy (on behalf of sb)
(computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate
(biology) alternation of generations / (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
to act as a substitute; to act on sb's behalf
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
to provide work to relieve poverty
a plenipotentiary (representative)
offspring / child's generation
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
modern music / contemporary music
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
surrogate mother
source code (computing)
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
to take a test or exam for sb
code name
HSK 7-9
to pass to the next generation
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
malicious code (e.g. virus) / malware
the era of Japanese occupation
successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties
Dark Ages
wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to carry on one's ancestral line
Song dynasty (960-1279)
modernity
to do sth on behalf of sb else
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
Boolean algebra
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
representative individual (of a school of thought)
pronoun
catabolism (biology) / metabolic breaking down and waste disposal / dissimilation
Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
new generation
Neolithic Era
modern pentathlon
to substitute / to replace
representativeness / representative; typical
throughout the ages
the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever
Hyundai, the Korean corporation
final generation
former times / the olden days
to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
to do sth in place of sb else
substituent (chemistry)
ancient history
to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
modern dance
Bandai toy company
pharmacokinetics
substitute / alternative
to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)

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