代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble syn 一代 yī dài generation syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 后人 後人 hòu rén later generation syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn 父辈 父輩 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation syn 代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn 后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn 祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 代沟 代溝 dài gōu generation gap 后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn 后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 新生代 xīn shēng dài new generation 末代 mò dài final generation syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 火力发电 火力發電 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot syn 秘传 祕傳 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc 祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn 换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 新一代 xīn yī dài new generation syn 传给 傳給 chuán gei to pass on (to sb) / to send / to pass (e.g. in football) / to give directly (by hand) / to deliver / to hand over / to transfer / to relay / to transmit / to hand on (to the next generation) 第二代 dì èr dài second generation 第三代 dì sān dài third generation 二代 èr dài second generation 第一代 dì yī dài first generation 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 第四代 dì sì dài fourth generation 第五代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation 隔世 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago 第六代 dì liù dài sixth generation 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving 同侪 同儕 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group 业障 業障 yè zhàng karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money syn 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 平辈 平輩 píng bèi of the same generation syn 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 耄 mào extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) / octogenarian / nonagenarian 世代相传 世代相傳 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down syn 恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago 风华绝代 風華絕代 fēng huá jué dài magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom) / peerless talent syn 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 上代 shàng dài previous generation syn 下世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation syn 传代 傳代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation syn 绝代佳人 絕代佳人 jué dài jiā rén beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom) / woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever 代代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation 耄期 mào qī (literary) one's 80s or 90s 耄耋之年 mào dié zhī nián old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more) syn 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 新新人类 新新人類 xīn xīn rén lèi new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc) 银丝族 銀絲族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation 千禧一代 qiān xǐ yī dài Generation Y / Millennial Generation 核发电 核發電 hé fā diàn nuclear power generation 姜文 jiāng wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director 字辈 字輩 zì bèi generation 下辈 下輩 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group syn 五七一代 wǔ qī yī dài generation of 1957 / refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957 奔奔族 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak) 子代 zǐ dài offspring / child's generation syn 旷代 曠代 kuàng dài unrivalled / without peer in this generation 父执辈 父執輩 fù zhí bèi person of one's father's generation 独二代 獨二代 dú èr dài second generation only child 祖父辈 祖父輩 zǔ fù bèi people of one's grandparents' generation 下一代网络 下一代網絡 xià yī dài wǎng luò Next Generation Network 司徒雷登 sī tú léi dēng John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China 创收方桉 創收方案 income generation programme 铀等离子体发生系统 uranium plasma generation system 创造就业机会和体面工作部长级宣言 Ministerial Declaration on Employment Generation and Decent Work 部队组建处 部隊組建處 Force Generation Service Y一代 yyī dài Generation Y 负债的一代 負債的一代 generation debt 第二代反应堆 第二代反應堆 Generation II reactor 部队组建 部隊組建 bù duì zǔ jiàn force generation 多层面行动 多層面行動 multidimensional operation / complex mission / second-generation operation / multidisciplinary operation 复合特派团 複合特派團 multidimensional operation / complex mission / second-generation operation / multidisciplinary operation 综合任务 綜合任務 zōng hé rèn wù multidimensional operation / complex mission / second-generation operation / multidisciplinary operation 第二代行动 第二代行動 multidimensional operation / complex mission / second-generation operation / multidisciplinary operation HOPING 基金会 HOPING 基金會 Hope and Optimism for Palestinians in the Next Generation Foundation / HOPING Foundation 第四代反应堆 第四代反應堆 Generation IV reactor 