代代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation 祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation syn 老一辈 老一輩 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down 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 世代相传 世代相傳 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down 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) 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 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 拉登 lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda 苏格拉底 蘇格拉底 sū gé lā dǐ Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011) 齐白石 齊白石 qí bái shí Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter 整风 整風 zhěng fēng Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan / cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957 本拉登 běn lā dēng (Osama) bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda 李政道 lǐ zhèng dào Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate 赵乐际 趙樂際 zhào lè jì Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection 葛优 葛優 gě yōu Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor 金庸 jīn yōng Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy 陆克文 陸克文 lù kè wén Chinese name adopted by Kevin Rudd (1957-), Australian politician proficient in Mandarin, prime minister 2007-2010 and 2013 杨振宁 楊振寧 yáng zhèn níng Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics 姚滨 姚濱 yáo bīn Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach 丁酉 dīng yǒu thirty-fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017 刘宾雁 劉賓雁 liú bīn yàn Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer 卡尔扎伊 卡爾紮伊 kǎ ěr zā yī Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014 反右派斗争 反右派鬥爭 fǎn yòu pài dòu zhēng Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957 反右运动 反右運動 fǎn yòu yùn dòng Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957 整风运动 整風運動 zhěng fēng yùn dòng Rectification campaign / political purge / cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges 本·拉登 BenLadeng Osama bin Laden (1957-), leader of Al Qaeda 正确处理人民内部矛盾 正確處理人民內部矛盾 zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957 蔡国强 蔡國強 cài guó qiáng Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows 许海峰 許海峰 xǔ hǎi fēng Xu Haifeng (1957-), PRC sharpshooter, 50m pistol gold medalist at Los Angeles 1984 Olympics 谭盾 譚盾 tán dùn Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer 资产阶级右派 資產階級右派 zī chǎn jiē jí yòu pài bourgeois rightist faction (esp. during anti-rightist movement of 1957-58) 郑裕玲 鄭裕玲 zhèng yù líng Carol "Dodo" Cheng Yu-Ling (1957-), Hong Kong actress and TV host 雷·罗马诺 雷·羅馬諾 Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian 麦克米兰 麥克米蘭 mài kè mǐ lán McMillan or MacMillan (name) / Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963 周璇 zhōu xuán Zhou Xuan (1918-1957), Chinese singer and film actress 艾未未 ài wèi wèi Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism 本・拉登 běn · lā dēng Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda 粤汉铁路 粵漢鐵路 yuè hàn tiě lù Canton-Hankou Railway, linking Guangzhou and Wuchang, incorporated since 1957 into the Jing-Guang Railway 京廣鐵路|京广铁路[Jing1 Guang3 Tie3 lu4] 雷・罗马诺 雷・羅馬諾 léi · luó mǎ nuò Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian 野田佳彦 野田佳彥 yě tián jiā yàn Noda Yoshihiko (1957-), prime minister of Japan 2011-2012 诺伊曼 諾伊曼 nuò yī màn Neumann (surname) / John von Neumann (1903-1957), Hungarian-born American mathematician and polymath 本·拉登 běn · lā dēng Osama bin Laden (1957-2011), leader of Al Qaeda 雷·罗马诺 雷·羅馬諾 léi · luó mǎ nuò Ray Romano (1957-), US actor and comedian 杨振宁 楊振寧 yáng zhèn nìng Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate 林郑 林鄭 lín zhèng Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥|林郑月娥[Lin2 Zheng4 Yue4 e2] Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 韩国瑜 韓國瑜 hán guó yú Daniel Han Kuo-yu (1957-), Taiwanese KMT politician, mayor of Kaohsiung since 2018 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 一代 yī dài generation syn 新一代 xīn yī dài new generation syn 前辈 前輩 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 下一代 xià yī dài the next generation 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 子弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation syn 后人 後人 hòu rén later 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 长辈 長輩 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation syn 第三代 dì sān dài third generation 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 晚辈 晚輩 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after syn 二代 èr dài second generation 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 第一代 dì yī dài first generation 新生代 xīn shēng dài new generation 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) 绝代 絕代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) syn 后生 後生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man syn 后进 後進 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones syn 足下 zú xià you (used to a superior or between persons of the same generation) / below the foot syn 小辈 小輩 xiǎo bèi the younger generation syn 第四代 dì sì dài fourth generation 第五代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation 后辈 後輩 hòu bèi younger generation syn 父辈 父輩 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation syn 先辈 先輩 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers syn 末代 mò dài final generation syn 隔世 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago 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 代沟 代溝 dài gōu generation gap 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 火力发电 火力發電 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation 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 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 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 老辈 老輩 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors syn 平辈 平輩 píng bèi of the same generation syn 传帮带 傳幫帶 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation) 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 