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representative / delegate / CL: , 個|个, / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
HSK 3
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to replace; to take the place of
HSK 4
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
HSK 5
the present age / the contemporary era
HSK 5
generation
HSK 6
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to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
HSK 3
delegation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to substitute for / to replace / to supersede
HSK 4
ancient times
HSK 3
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
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
modern times / modern age / modern era
HSK 3
the next generation
HSK 7-9
price / cost / consideration (in share dealing)
HSK 5
agent
HSK 7-9
the seventies; the 1970s
the sixties / the 1960s
code name
HSK 7-9
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
to substitute into
algebra
Tang dynasty (618–907)
second generation
modern dance
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
Time, US weekly news magazine
spokesperson
HSK 7-9
to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
HSK 7-9
to be getting worse with each generation
three generations under one roof
algebraic function theory (math.)
code
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
metonymy
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
(biology) alternation of generations / (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
deputy to the People's Congress
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
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)
the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
representative work (of an author or artist)
code segment
National People's Congress (NPC)
national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
(math.) algebraic expression
to refer to / to be used in place of
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
modernization of agriculture, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
a substitute; a replacement
delegation
shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
pronoun
new generation
representativeness / representative; typical
to teach as substitute for absent teacher
personal pronoun
modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
algebraic structure
to buy (on behalf of sb)
dynasty / reign (of a king)
HSK 7-9
to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
to mean / to signify
ancient history
Dark Ages
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
Paleolithic Era
source code (computing)
vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
Neolithic Era
Bandai toy company
(computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate
wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
vector algebra
(Tw) to take over sb's job; to substitute for
offspring / child's generation
Jin Dynasty (265-420)
Boolean algebra
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
new generation
to provide work to relieve poverty
algebra (as branch of math.)
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc); to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
to take a test or exam for sb
(brand or organization) ambassador / face (of a brand or company)
the era of Japanese occupation
modernization / CL: 個|个
beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever
modern music / contemporary music
to carry on one's ancestral line

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