"alternation of generations" Chinese-English Dictionary

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世代交替 shì dài jiāo tì alternation of generations
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
当代人对后代人的责任宣言 當代人對後代人的責任宣言 Declaration on the Responsibilities of the Present Generations towards Future Generations
交变 交變 jiāo biàn half-period of a wave motion / alternation
相容析取 inclusive disjunction / non-exclusive alternation
世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties syn
前世 qián shì previous generations / previous incarnation (Buddhism) syn
后代 後代 hòu dài descendant / progeny / posterity / later ages / later generations syn
亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn
世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
后世 後世 hòu shì later generations syn
上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn
传家 傳家 chuán jiā to pass on through the generations
祖祖辈辈 祖祖輩輩 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation syn
留传 留傳 liú chuán to bequeath (to later generations) / a legacy
后生可畏 後生可畏 hòu shēng kě wèi the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time syn
流芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come syn
守业 守業 shǒu yè to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going
bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn
光前裕后 光前裕後 guāng qián yù hòu to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom) syn
下辈 下輩 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group syn
三代同堂 sān dài tóng táng three generations under one roof
世世代代 shì shì dài dài for many generations syn
同堂 tóng táng to live under the same roof (of different generations)
四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng four generations under one roof (idiom)
守成 shǒu chéng to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work of one's predecessors
有子存焉 yǒu zǐ cún yān I still have sons, don't I? / fig. future generations will continue the work
留芳千古 liú fāng qiān gǔ a good reputation to last down the generations
留芳百世 liú fāng bǎi shì a good reputation to last a hundred generations
积祖 積祖 jī zǔ many generations of ancestors
贻燕 貽燕 yí yàn to leave peace for the future generations
贻范古今 貽範古今 yí fàn gǔ jīn to leave an example for all generations
富不过三代 富不過三代 fù bù guò sān dài wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
让子孙后代生活更美好阿姆斯特丹宣言 Amsterdam Declaration on a Better Life for Future Generations
被偷世代 bèi tōu shì dài stolen generations
未来世代权利基金会 未來世代權利基金會 Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations
国家为今世后代保护自然的历史责任 國家為今世後代保護自然的歷史責任 Historical responsibility of States for the preservation of nature for present and future generations
全球各代人会议 全球各代人會議 Global Meeting of Generations
子孙后代权利宣言 子孫後代權利宣言 Bill of Rights for Future Generations
欧洲老年人和各代间团结年 歐洲老年人和各代間團結年 European Year of Older People and Solidarity between Generations
三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
儿孙自有儿孙福 兒孫自有兒孫福 ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
世袭罔替 世襲罔替 shì xí - wǎng tì (of a position or title) to be passed down unaltered through generations within a family
绵绵瓜瓞 綿綿瓜瓞 mián mián - guā dié lit. (of a melon vine) laden with melons of all sizes (idiom) / fig. (of descendants) to thrive and prosper for generations
铁帽子王 鐵帽子王 tiě mào zi wáng iron-cap prince in the Qing dynasty whose title can be passed on to subsequent generations without alteration
垂范 垂範 chuí fàn (literary) to set a shining example (for one's subordinates or future generations) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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