代代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation 丙等 bǐng děng third rank / third category / third grade / grade C 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 第三代 dì sān dài third generation 第三次 dì sān cì third / third time 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 丙 bǐng third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl syn 三线运输 三線運輸 sān xiàn yùn shū third-line transportation / third-line transport 第一代技术 第一代技術 first generation technology 第二代技术 第二代技術 second generation technology 技术转让 技術轉讓 jì shù zhuǎn ràng technology transfer / transfer of technology 眼动技术 眼動技術 yǎn dòng jì shù eye movement technology / eye-tracking technology 超临界技术 supercritical technology / SC technology 超超临界技术 ultrasupercritical technology / USC technology 信息和通信技术及科学技术司 信息和通信技術及科學技術司 Information and Communications Technology and Science and Technology Division 科技革新问题千年项目第10工作队 科技革新問題千年項目第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation 科技革新第10工作队 科技革新第10工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation / Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and Innovation 重组DNA技术 重組DNA技術 recombinant DNA technology / r-DNA technology 最后技术 最後技術 end-of-line technology / end-of-pipe technology 市场换技术 市場換技術 shì chǎng huàn jì shù market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer") 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 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 辈 輩 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 绝代佳人 絕代佳人 jué dài jiā rén beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom) / woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever 风华绝代 風華絕代 fēng huá jué dài magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom) / peerless talent syn 恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago 核发电 核發電 hé fā diàn nuclear power generation 姜文 jiāng wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director 字辈 字輩 zì bèi generation 下辈 下輩 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group syn 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 九零后 九零後 jiǔ líng hòu 90s generation 五七一代 wǔ qī yī dài generation of 1957 / refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957 传代 傳代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation syn 奔奔族 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak) 子代 zǐ dài offspring / child's generation syn 旷代 曠代 kuàng dài unrivalled / without peer in this generation 父执辈 父執輩 fù zhí bèi person of one's father's generation 独二代 獨二代 dú èr dài second generation only child 