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representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
modern times / modern age / modern era
HSK 3
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
ancient times
HSK 3
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to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon
HSK 3
delegation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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)
HSK 4
to substitute for / to replace / to supersede
HSK 4
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
HSK 5
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
price / cost / consideration (in share dealing)
HSK 5
the present age / the contemporary era
HSK 5
generation
HSK 6
dynasty / reign (of a king)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
code name
HSK 7-9
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
HSK 7-9
spokesperson
HSK 7-9
the next generation
HSK 7-9
agent
HSK 7-9
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
code
Hyundai, South Korean company
to buy (on behalf of sb)
Time, US weekly news magazine
to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
to replace; to take the place of
final generation
replacement / substitution / metabolism (biol.)
the Maldives
Tang dynasty (618-907)
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
Bandai toy company
successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties
the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
algebra
to do sth in place of sb else
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Song dynasty (960-1279)
to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
to sell as agent / to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies) / proxy sale (of stocks)
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
offspring / child's generation
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
to do sth on behalf of sb else
token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
golden age
to receive sth on another's behalf
to substitute / to replace
from generation to generation / generation after generation
(medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty)
to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite
to teach as substitute for absent teacher
to substitute into
the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
previous generation
haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever
to administer / to manage / to hold in trust or escrow
lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb
Dai county in Xinzhou 忻州, Shanxi
for many generations
generation gap
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent
Sui dynasty (581-617)
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
periodization (of history)
metonymy
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
to carry on one's ancestral line
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
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
alternation of generations
parent's generation / previous generation
to provide work to relieve poverty
alternative name / to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
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
to pass to the next generation
to pray on behalf of sb
to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
throughout the ages
Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
after innumerable ages
to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
secondary / twice in the year (of generations of insects, harvests etc)
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior / Might makes right.
to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat

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