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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
delegation / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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
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
to substitute for / to replace / to supersede
HSK 4
ancient times
HSK 3
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
price / cost / consideration (in share dealing)
HSK 5
modern times / modern age / modern era
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
the next generation
HSK 7-9
the present age / the contemporary era
HSK 5
agent
HSK 7-9
the seventies; the 1970s
the sixties / the 1960s
code
to substitute into
Tang dynasty (618–907)
second generation
epoch-marking
HSK 7-9
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
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires
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
(biology) alternation of generations / (fig.) generational succession; passing of the torch from one generation to the next
deputy to the People's Congress
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)
National People's Congress (NPC)
code name
HSK 7-9
vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
to refer to / to be used in place of
metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
a substitute; a replacement
to transition to a new dynasty or regime
token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
information age
the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
modern dance
algebra
new generation
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
representativeness / representative; typical
Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China
reform and renewal / generational change
modernist faction / modernists
delegation
wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
dynasty / reign (of a king)
HSK 7-9
source code (computing)
to mean / to signify
ancient history
to do sth on behalf of sb else
to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
Neolithic Era
periodization (of history)
(computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate
descendant; progeny / posterity; later ages; later generations
HSK 7-9
surrogate mother
(Tw) to take over sb's job; to substitute for
offspring / child's generation
to carry on one's ancestral line
algebraic sum
(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
HSK 7-9
alternative name / to refer to sth by another name; antonomasia
Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)
new generation
Dark Ages
OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
algebraic quantity
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)
Heian period (794-1185), period of Japanese history
Song dynasty (960-1279)
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods / Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)
passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
to act as a substitute; to act on sb's behalf
modern history and contemporary history
to do sth in place of sb else
to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
Mesolithic Era
the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
substitute / alternative
for many generations
representative individual (of a school of thought)
national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
international transport agency

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