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代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon
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代表 dài biǎo representative / delegate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
代理 dài lǐ to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate / (computing) proxy
代码 dài mǎ code
代价 dài jià price / cost / consideration (in share dealing)
代替 dài tì to replace / to take the place of
代言 dài yán to be a spokesperson / to be an ambassador (for a brand) / to endorse
代号 dài hào code name
代谢 dài xiè replacement / substitution / metabolism (biol.)
代办 dài bàn to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé / d'affaires
代购 dài gòu to buy (on behalf of sb)
代管 dài guǎn to administer / to manage / to hold in trust or escrow
代销 dài xiāo to sell as agent / to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies) / proxy sale (of stocks)
代数 dài shù algebra
代工 dài gōng OEM (original equipment manufacturer)
代步 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation
代课 dài kè to teach as substitute for absent teacher
代劳 dài láo to do sth in place of sb else
代写 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism
代词 dài cí pronoun
代沟 dài gōu generation gap
代考 dài kǎo to take a test or exam for sb
代币 dài bì token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
代偿 dài cháng (medical) compensation / to repay a debt or obligation in place of sb else
代换 dài huàn to substitute / to replace
代行 dài xíng to act as a substitute / to act on sb's behalf
代孕 dài yùn to serve as a surrogate mother / surrogacy
代扣 dài kòu to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
代祷 dài dǎo to pray on behalf of sb
代称 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
代笔 dài bǐ to write on behalf of sb / to ghostwrite
代位 dài wèi subrogation
代书 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
代班 dài bān (Tw) to take over sb's job / to substitute for
代餐 dài cān meal replacement
代代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation
代顿 Dài dùn Dayton (city in Ohio)
代际 dài jì intergenerational / generational
代驾 dài jià to drive a vehicle for its owner (often as a paid service for sb who has consumed alcohol) (abbr. for 代理駕駛|代理驾驶[dai4 li3 jia4 shi3]) / substitute driver (abbr. for 代駕司機|代驾司机[dai4 jia4 si1 ji1])
代母 dài mǔ godmother / surrogate mother
代入 dài rù to substitute into
代收 dài shōu to receive sth on another's behalf
代糖 dài táng sugar substitute
代填 dài tián to fill in a form for sb else
代为 dài wéi to do sth on behalf of sb else
代县 Dài xiàn Dai county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xin1 zhou1], Shanxi
代志 dài zhì (Tw) (coll.) matter / thing (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [tāi-tsì], equivalent to Mandarin 事情[shi4qing5])
代指 dài zhǐ to mean / to signify
代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun
代宗 Dài zōng Daizong, temple name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4]
代罪 dài zuì to act as a scapegoat / to take the blame for sb else
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代理商 dài lǐ shāng agent
代表团 dài biǎo tuán delegation / CL:個|个[ge4]
代理人 dài lǐ rén agent
代言人 dài yán rén spokesperson
代表性 dài biǎo xìng representativeness / representative / typical
代表作 dài biǎo zuò representative work (of an author or artist)
代表处 dài biǎo chù representative office
代名词 dài míng cí pronoun / synonym / byword
代表队 dài biǎo duì delegation
代之以 dài zhī yǐ (has been) replaced with / (its) place has been taken by
代用品 dài yòng pǐn alternative product / substitute product
代数式 dài shù shì (math.) algebraic expression
代步车 dài bù chē vehicle / (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc)
代数学 dài shù xué algebra (as branch of math.)
代数和 dài shù hé algebraic sum
代理行  correspondent bank
代食品  famine food
代表院  House of Representatives
代金券 dài jīn quàn voucher / coupon
代利斯 Dài lì sī Dallys, Algerian seaport and naval base
代码段 dài mǎ duàn code segment
代码页 dài mǎ yè code page
代数簇 dài shù cù algebraic variety (math.)
代数量 dài shù liàng algebraic quantity
代数群 dài shù qún algebraic group (math.)
代替者 dài tì zhě substitute
代销店 dài xiāo diàn outlet / commission shop / agency
代销人 dài xiāo rén consignee
代字号 dài zì hào swung dash / tilde (~)
代表人物 dài biǎo rén wù representative individual (of a school of thought)
代代相传 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down
代人受过 dài rén shòu guò to take the blame for sb else / to be made a scapegoat
代数方程 dài shù fāng chéng algebraic equation
代孕母亲  surrogate mother
代办采购  reimbursable procurement
代际公平  intergenerational equity;
代替物质  alternate substance
代表入口 dài biǎo rù kǒu delegates' entrance
代表席位 dài biǎo xí wèi floor
代表样本 dài biǎo yàng běn representative sample
代表证书 dài biǎo zhèng shū credentials
代偿不足 dài cháng bù zú decompensation
代顿协定 dài dùn xié dìng General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Annexes thereto / General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Dayton Peace Agreement / Dayton Agreement
代尔夫特 Dài ěr fū tè Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
代管账户 dài guǎn zhàng hù escrow account
代客泊车 dài kè bó chē valet parking
代可可脂 dài kě kě zhī (loanword) cocoa butter substitute
代理关系 dài lǐ guān xì agency (law)
代理股长 dài lǐ gǔ zhǎng Acting Chief of Unit
代理科长 dài lǐ kē zhǎng Acting Chief of Section
代理司长 dài lǐ sī zhǎng Acting Chief of Division
代理投票 dài lǐ tóu piào proxy voting
代理孕母 dài lǐ yùn mǔ (Tw) surrogacy / surrogate pregnancy / surrogate mother
代理战争 dài lǐ zhàn zhēng proxy war
代拿买特 dài ná mǎi tè (loanword) dynamite
代内公平 dài nèi gōng píng intra-generational equity
代收货款 dài shōu huò kuǎn collect on delivery (COD)
代数函数 dài shù hán shù (math.) algebraic function
代数结构 dài shù jié gòu algebraic structure
代数几何 dài shù jǐ hé algebraic geometry
代数流行 dài shù liú xíng (math.) manifold
代数曲面 dài shù qū miàn algebraic surface
代数曲线 dài shù qū xiàn algebraic curve
代数数域 dài shù shù yù algebraic number field (math.)
代数拓扑 dài shù tuò pū (math.) algebraic topology
代替父母 dài tì fù mǔ in place of sb's parents / in loco parentis (law)
代谢产物 dài xiè chǎn wù metabolite
代谢途径 dài xiè tú jìng metabolic pathway
代用能源 dài yòng néng yuán alternative sources of energy
代用燃料 dài yòng rán liào alternative fuel
代用武器 dài yòng wǔ qì alternative weapon
代孕母亲 dài yùn mǔ qīn surrogate mother
代罪羔羊 dài zuì gāo yáng scapegoat
代理副x长  Acting Deputy Chief
代理服务器 dài lǐ fú wù qì proxy server
代间公益物  intergenerational public goods / transgenerational public goods
代理行制度  correspondent banking
代表团手册  Delegate's Handbook
代理人登记 dài lǐ rén dēng jì agent registration / registration
代数函数论 dài shù hán shù lùn algebraic function theory (math.)
代数几何学 dài shù jǐ hé xué algebraic geometry
代替化学品 dài tì huà xué pǐn replacement chemical
代议民主制 dài yì mín zhǔ zhì representative democracy
代议制民主 dài yì zhì mín zhǔ representative democracy
代用化学品 dài yòng huà xué pǐn replacement chemical
代顿和平协定  General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Annexes thereto / General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Dayton Peace Agreement / Dayton Agreement
代理执行干事  Acting Executive Officer
代理执行主席  Acting Executive Chairman
代用被分析物  surrogate analyte
代理个人助理  Acting Personal Assistant
代理领馆馆长  acting head of post
代表技巧培训 dài biǎo jì qiǎo péi xùn representational skills
代数基本定理 dài shù jī běn dìng lǐ fundamental theorem of algebra
代替黄金账户 dài tì huáng jīn zhàng hù Gold Substitution Account
代间帕累托效率  intergenerational Pareto efficiency
代理副执行主任  Acting Deputy Executive Director
代询证人委托书  letter of request / letter rogatory
代数学基本定理 dài shù xué jī běn dìng lǐ fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
代理方桉管理干事  Acting Programme Management Officer
代理法律适用公约  Convention on the Law Applicable to Agency
Approximate Results for 代
时代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]
现代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
古代 gǔ dài ancient times
当代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era
一代 yī dài generation
替代 tì dài to substitute for / to replace / to supersede
取代 qǔ dài to replace / to supersede / to supplant / (chemistry) substitution
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end
历代 lì dài successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
后代 hòu dài descendant / progeny / posterity / later ages / later generations
清代 Qīng dài Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
明代 Míng dài the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
唐代 Táng dài Tang dynasty (618-907)
世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
二代 èr dài second generation
换代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one
宋代 Sòng dài Song dynasty (960-1279)
汉代 Hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
朝代 cháo dài dynasty / reign (of a king)
绝代 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty)
五代 Wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
元代 Yuán dài the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
末代 mò dài final generation
商代 Shāng dài the prehistoric Shang dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC)
迭代 dié dài (computing, math.) to iterate / (literary) to alternate
指代 zhǐ dài to refer to / to be used in place of
万代 Wàn dài Bandai toy company
晋代 Jìn dài Jin Dynasty (265-420)
金代 Jīn dài Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
周代 Zhōu dài Zhou dynasty (1046-221 BC)
秦代 Qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
隋代 Suí dài Sui dynasty (581-617)
断代 duàn dài periodization (of history)
圣代 shèng dài sundae (loanword)
班代 bān dài (Tw) class representative / class president
传代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation
更代 gēng dài substitution / replacing former general / change of leader
瓜代 guā dài a changeover of personnel / a new shift / (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon-picking season
借代 jiè dài metonymy
旷代 kuàng dài unrivalled / without peer in this generation
亲代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation
上代 shàng dài previous generation
夏代 Xià dài Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
子代 zǐ dài offspring / child's generation
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Y一代 Yyī dài Generation Y
现代化 xiàn dài huà modernization / CL:個|个[ge4]
新一代 xīn yī dài new generation
源代码 yuán dài mǎ source code (computing)
下一代 xià yī dài the next generation
新时代 xīn shí dài new age
现代人 xiàn dài rén modern man / Homo sapiens
第二代 dì èr dài second generation
第三代 dì sān dài third generation
第一代 dì yī dài first generation
新生代 Xīn shēng dài new generation
替代品 tì dài pǐn substitute / alternative
第四代 dì sì dài fourth generation
划时代 huà shí dài epoch-marking
第五代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation
党代会 dǎng dài huì party congress (of the Communist Party of China)
近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
现代性 xiàn dài xìng modernity
同时代 tóng shí dài contemporary
第六代 dì liù dài sixth generation
古代史 gǔ dài shǐ ancient history
现代舞 xiàn dài wǔ modern dance
现代派 xiàn dài pài modernist faction / modernists
现代史 xiàn dài shǐ modern history
蒙代尔 Méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
旧时代 jiù shí dài former times / the olden days
中生代 Zhōng shēng dài Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 / and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
古生代 Gǔ shēng dài Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
五代史 Wǔ dài shǐ History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
当代史 dāng dài shǐ contemporary history
独二代 dú èr dài second generation only child
泛代数 fàn dài shù universal algebra
富二代 fù èr dài children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s / see also 窮二代|穷二代[qiong2 er4 dai4]
官二代 guān èr dài children of officials / word created by analogy with 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
积代会 jī dài huì (Cultural Revolution term) conference of activist representatives (abbr. for 積極分子代表大會|积极分子代表大会[ji1ji2 fen4zi3 dai4biao3 da4hui4])
李代数 Lǐ dài shù Lie algebra (math.)
卤代烃 lǔ dài tīng haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
卤代烷 lǔ dài wán haloalkane
母乳代 mǔ rǔ dài substitute for mother's milk / milk powder
年代初 nián dài chū beginning of an age / beginning of a decade
年代学 nián dài xué chronology (the science of determining the dates of past events)
穷二代 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
取代基 qǔ dài jī substituent (chemistry)
时代曲 shí dài qǔ shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz
太古代 Tài gǔ dài Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
唐代宗 Táng Dài zōng Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫[Li3 Yu4], reigned 762-779
万代兰 Wàn dài lán Vanda genus of orchids
伪代码 wěi dài mǎ pseudocode
显生代 Xiǎn shēng dài Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago
星二代 xīng èr dài children of celebrities
英代尔 yīng dài ěr (Tw) Intel
元古代 Yuán gǔ dài Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
三个代表 Sān gè Dài biǎo the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004
人民代表 rén mín dài biǎo deputy to the People's Congress
新陈代谢 xīn chén dài xiè metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī (idiom) to replace / to supersede / to take its (or her etc) place
石器时代 Shí qì Shí dài Stone Age
七十年代 qī shí nián dài the seventies / the 1970s
信息时代 xìn xī shí dài information age
货运代理 huò yùn dài lǐ freight forwarder / forwarding agent
恶意代码 è yì dài mǎ malicious code (e.g. virus) / malware
时代广场 Shí dài Guǎng chǎng Times Square
黄金时代 huáng jīn shí dài golden age
战国时代 Zhàn guó Shí dài the Warring States period (475-221 BC) / Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
马尔代夫 Mǎ ěr dài fū the Maldives
首席代表 shǒu xí dài biǎo chief representative
线性代数 xiàn xìng dài shù linear algebra
改朝换代 gǎi cháo huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime
近现代史 jìn xiàn dài shǐ modern history and contemporary history
替代产品 tì dài chǎn pǐn alternative product / substitute product
全权代表 quán quán dài biǎo a plenipotentiary (representative)
越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands
李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree / to substitute one thing for another / to carry the can for sb
新五代史 Xīn Wǔ dài shǐ Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
旧五代史 Jiù Wǔ dài shǐ History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
传宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line
风华绝代 fēng huá jué dài magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom) / peerless talent
绝代佳人 jué dài jiā rén beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom) / woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever
千秋万代 qiān qiū wàn dài throughout the ages
世代交替 shì dài jiāo tì alternation of generations
万代千秋 wàn dài qiān qiū after innumerable ages
相对年代  relative chronology
替代数据  proxy data
现代海底  modern seafloor
地区代表  District Representative
特别代表  Special Representative of the Secretary-General / Special Representative
驻地代表  Resident Representative
替代发展  alternative development
联络代表  liaison representative
执行代表  Executive Agent
联合代表  Joint Representative
名誉代表  Honorary Representative
副代表处  Vice Delegation
外地代表  field representative
迭代制导  iterative guidance
替代变量  proxy variable
高级代表  High Representative
替代措施  alternative measure
药物代谢  drug metabolism
替代周界  alternative perimeter
自我代表  self-representation
替代药品  substitution drug / substitute drug
替代药物  substitute drug
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