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 债务 債務 zhài wù debt / liability / amount due / indebtedness syn 一代 yī dài generation syn 缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one / to bog one down / to preoccupy one syn 还债 還債 huán zhài to settle a debt syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn 血债 血債 xuè zhài debt of blood (after killing sb) syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 欠债 欠債 qiàn zhài to owe a debt / the sum owed syn 免除 miǎn chú to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit syn 饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty syn 欠款 qiàn kuǎn to owe a debt / balance due / debts 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 负债 負債 fù zhài to be in debt / to incur debts / liability (finance) 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 窟窿 kū long hole / pocket / cavity / loophole / debt 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 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 赖账 賴賬 lài zhàng to renege on a debt 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 亏空 虧空 kuī kōng in debt / in the red / in deficit 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 清偿 清償 qīng cháng to repay a debt in full / to redeem / to clear syn 欠账 欠賬 qiàn zhàng to owe a debt / debt / obligation syn 债台高筑 債臺高築 zhài tái gāo zhù lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom) / heavily in debt 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 抵债 抵債 dǐ zhài to repay a debt in kind or by labor 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 恩仇 ēn chóu debt of gratitude coupled with duty to avenge syn 白条 白條 bái tiáo IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt 国债 國債 guó zhài national debt / government debt 报恩 報恩 bào ēn to pay a debt of gratitude / to repay a kindness syn 偿债 償債 cháng zhài to repay a debt 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 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) 坏账 壞賬 huài zhàng bad debt syn 展期 zhǎn qī to extend the period / to reschedule (a debt) 呆帐 呆帳 dāi zhàng bad debt 呆账 呆賬 dāi zhàng bad debt 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 深陷 shēn xiàn to be deeply in (trouble, debt etc) / deep set (eyes) syn 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full / to redeem a debt 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 可转债 可轉債 kě zhuǎn zhài convertible debt / convertible bond 第六代 dì liù dài sixth generation 代偿 代償 dài cháng (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else 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 老赖 老賴 lǎo lài (coll.) debt dodger 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 债 債 zhài debt / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 账 賬 zhàng account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3] 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 负债累累 負債累累 fù zhài lěi lěi deep in debt syn 债款 債款 zhài kuǎn debt 认账 認賬 rèn zhàng to own up to a fault / to admit the truth / to acknowledge a debt syn 催讨 催討 cuī tǎo to demand repayment of debt syn 三角债 三角債 sān jiǎo zhài triangular debt 人情债 人情債 rén qíng zhài debt of gratitude 传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 偿清 償清 cháng qīng to repay / to pay off a debt syn 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 