元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn 时光 時光 shí guāng time / era / period of time syn 年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 时代 時代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn 时空 時空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time syn 当代 當代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era syn 公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ) 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) 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 民国 民國 mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) 新纪元 新紀元 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch syn 昭和 zhāo hé Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2] 明治 míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor 纪元 紀元 jì yuán calendar era / epoch syn 新石器 xīn shí qì Neolithic 元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period 纪年 紀年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle 督军 督軍 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) syn 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 中国特色社会主义 中國特色社會主義 zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era 西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini) 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 大正 dà zhèng Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2] 扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era 半坡 bàn pō Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 河姆渡 hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 良渚 liáng zhǔ Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta 中生代 zhōng shēng dài 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) 旧石器时代 舊石器時代 jiù shí qì shí dài Paleolithic Era 大坂 dà bǎn Japanese surname Osaka / old variant of 大阪[Da4ban3] (Osaka, city in Japan), used prior to the Meiji era 黑陶 hēi táo black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture) 袁枚 yuán méi Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 末叶 末葉 mò yè final years / end (of a decade, era etc) syn 仰韶文化 yǎng sháo wén huà Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery syn 纪 紀 jì order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle syn 古生代 gǔ shēng dài 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 平成 píng chéng Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[Ming2 ren2] 第二世界 dì èr shì jiè Second World (Cold War-era term referring to communist nations as a bloc) 日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi 北宋四大部书 北宋四大部書 běi sòng sì dà bù shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华 宋四大书 宋四大書 sòng sì dà shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华 半坡遗址 半坡遺址 bàn pō yí zhǐ Banpo neolithic Yangshao culture archaeological site east of Xi'an 西安 河姆渡遗址 河姆渡遺址 hé mǔ dù yí zhǐ Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 磨制石器 磨製石器 mó zhì shí qì a polished stone (neolithic) implement 良渚文化 liáng zhǔ wén huà Liangzhu (c. 3400-2250 BC), neolithic culture of Changjiang delta 大汶口文化 dà wèn kǒu wén huà Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1] 齐家文化 齊家文化 qí jiā wén huà Qijia neolithic culture, centered around the Gansu Corridor 河西走廊[He2 xi1 Zou3 lang2] c. 2000 BC 第三纪 第三紀 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago) 太平广记 太平廣記 tài píng guǎng jì Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉 乾嘉三大家 qián jiā sān dà jiā Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼 佛朗机 佛朗機 fó lǎng jī Portuguese (Ming era loanword) 佛朗机炮 佛朗機炮 fó lǎng jī pào Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era 佛朗机砲 佛朗機砲 fó lǎng jī pào Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era / also written 佛朗機炮|佛朗机炮 佛朗机铳 佛朗機銃 fó lǎng jī chòng Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era 元古代 yuán gǔ dài Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago) 埃迪卡拉 āi dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 埃迪卡拉纪 埃迪卡拉紀 āi dí kǎ lā jì Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 太古代 tài gǔ dài Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago) 太平御览 太平御覽 tài píng yù lǎn Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], 1000 scrolls 季世 jì shì final phase / end of a historical era 旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period 盗版党 盜版黨 dào bǎn dǎng Pirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with the Internet era 程昱 chéng yù Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era 纪元前 紀元前 jì yuán qián before the common era (BC) 自由中国 自由中國 zì yóu zhōng guó Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China") 艾迪卡拉 ài dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era / also written 埃迪卡拉[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1] 蒋士铨 蔣士銓 jiǎng shì quán Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 西元前 xī yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ) 赵翼 趙翼 zhào yì Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家 开元 開元 kāi yuán Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity 震旦纪 震旦紀 zhèn dàn jì Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 中石器时代 中石器時代 zhōng shí qì shí dài Mesolithic Era 妇女参与发展新时代新途径运动 Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era 佛教纪元 Buddhist Era 一个适用国际法的时代的战略 Strategy for an Era of Application of International Law 帕劳国会 帕勞國會 Olbiil Era Kelulau 日据时代 日據時代 rì jù shí dài the era of Japanese occupation 艋舺 měng jiǎ Mengjia (also written Monga, Monka or Bangka), the pre-Japanese-era name for Wanhua 萬華|万华[Wan4 hua2], the oldest district of Taipei 令和 lìng hé Reiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (2019-) of emperor Naruhito 德仁[De2 ren2] 保甲 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3] 赤兔 chì tù Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] in the Three Kingdoms era 精神日本人 jīng shén rì běn rén (neologism) (derog.) Japanophile (esp. a Chinese admirer of WWII-era Japan) 