间 間 jiàn gap / to separate / to thin out (seedlings) / to sow discontent 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 漏洞 lòu dòng leak / hole / gap / loophole syn 一代 yī dài generation syn 填补 填補 tián bǔ to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency syn 差距 chā jù disparity / gap syn 裂痕 liè hén crack / gap / split syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 断层 斷層 duàn céng fault (geology) (CL:道[dao4]) / (fig.) gap / rupture (in the transmission of some skill) / (tomography) cross-sectional 下一代 xià yī dài the next generation syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 间断 間斷 jiàn duàn disconnected / interrupted / suspended / a gap / a break syn 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 缺口 quē kǒu nick / jag / gap / shortfall syn 突破口 tū pò kǒu breach / gap / breakthrough point 亲密无间 親密無間 qīn mì wú jiān close relation, no gap (idiom) / intimate and nothing can come between 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 空隙 kòng xì crack / gap between two objects / gap in time between two events 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 间隙 間隙 jiàn xì interval / gap / clearance 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 死角 sǐ jiǎo gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end 空子 kòng zi gap / unoccupied space or time / fig. gap / loophole syn 祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn 牙缝 牙縫 yá fèng gap between teeth 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn 后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn 空当 空當 kòng dāng gap / interval syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 间距 間距 jiān jù gap / spacing / distance between objects / interval between events 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 风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 新生代 xīn shēng dài new generation 落差 luò chā drop in elevation / (fig.) gap (in wages, expectations etc) / disparity 末代 mò dài final generation syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 裂隙 liè xì gap / slit / crack / crevice / fracture syn 罅隙 xià xì gap / crack / rift syn 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 补足 補足 bǔ zú to bring up to full strength / to make up a deficiency / to fill (a vacancy, gap etc) 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) 见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn 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 无间 無間 wú jiàn very close / no gap between them / continuously / unbroken / hard to separate / indistinguishable syn 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 空档 空檔 kòng dàng gap (between two objects) / interval of time (between events) / opening in one's schedule / free time / (fig.) gap (in the market etc) 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 充填 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled syn 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 空白点 空白點 kòng bái diǎn gap / empty space syn 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 平辈 平輩 píng bèi of the same generation syn 垫 墊 diàn pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money) 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 隙 xì crack / crevice / gap or interval / loophole / discord / rift syn 囟 xìn fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 囟门 囟門 xìn mén fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull) 传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 补白 補白 bǔ bái to fill a gap (e.g. a gap in knowledge or blank space in a print layout) / to make some additional remarks / filler (in a newspaper or magazine) 齾 yà dented / chipped / gap-toothed / toothless 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 