"Era" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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时代 shí dài age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:個|个[ge4]
年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
时光 shí guāng time / era / period of time
世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age
元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon
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)
代 dài to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon
世 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
纪 jì order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle
现代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era
时空 shí kōng time and place / world of a particular locale and era / (physics) space-time
当代 dāng dài the present age / the contemporary era
民国 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 / is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini)
曙光 shǔ guāng dawn / fig. the dawn of a new era
元年 yuán nián first year of an emperor's reign / first year of an era / first year of a significant time period
中国特色社会主义 Zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì socialism with Chinese characteristics, phrase introduced by the CCP in 1986 to refer to its ideological model, embracing the economic reforms of the post-Mao era
西元 xī yuán (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini)
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
新纪元 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch
明治 Míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
纪元 jì yuán calendar era / epoch
年号 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)
大正 Dà zhèng Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]
新石器时代 Xīn shí qì Shí dài Neolithic Era
昭和 Zhāo hé Shōwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1925-1989) of emperor Hirohito 裕仁[Yu4 ren2]
纪年 jì nián to number the years / calendar era / annals / chronicle
督军 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
扁鹊 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
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)
旧石器时代 Jiù shí qì Shí dài Paleolithic Era
大坂 Dà bǎn Japanese surname Osaka / old variant of 大阪[Da4 ban3] (Osaka, city in Japan), used prior to the Meiji era
袁枚 Yuán Méi Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
末叶 mò yè final years / end (of a decade, era etc)
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
日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
平成 Píng chéng Heisei, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1989-2019) of emperor Akihito 明仁[Ming2 ren2]
令和 Lìng hé Reiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (2019-) of emperor Naruhito 德仁[De2 ren2]
第三纪 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago)
太平广记 Tài píng Guǎng jì Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉
乾嘉三大家 Qián Jiā sān dà jiā Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 / and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼
佛朗机 Fó lǎng jī Portuguese (Ming era loanword)
佛朗机炮 Fó lǎng jī pào Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
佛朗机砲 fó lǎng jī pào Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era / also written 佛朗機炮|佛朗机炮
佛朗机铳 Fó lǎng jī chòng Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era
元古代 Yuán gǔ dài Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
北宋四大部书 Běi Sòng sì dà bù shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
埃迪卡拉 Aī dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
埃迪卡拉纪 Aī dí kǎ lā jì Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
太古代 Tài gǔ dài Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
太平御览 Tài píng Yù lǎn Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], 1000 scrolls
季世 jì shì final phase / end of a historical era
宋四大书 Sòng sì dà shū Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华
旹 shí time (old form of 时|時) / season / era / age / period
盗版党 Dào bǎn dǎng Pirate Party, political movement whose main goal is to reform copyright law in line with the Internet era
程昱 Chéng Yù Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 / during the Three Kingdoms era
纪元前 jì yuán qián before the common era (BC)
自由中国 zì yóu Zhōng guó Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
艾迪卡拉 Aì dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era / also written 埃迪卡拉[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1]
蒋士铨 Jiǎng Shì quán Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
赵翼 Zhào Yì Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
开元 Kāi yuán Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity
震旦纪 zhèn dàn jì Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
中石器时代 Zhōng shí qì Shí dài Mesolithic Era
妇女参与发展新时代新途径运动  Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
佛教纪元  Buddhist Era
一个适用国际法的时代的战略  Strategy for an Era of Application of International Law
帕劳国会  Olbiil Era Kelulau
日据时代 Rì jù shí dài the era of Japanese occupation
保甲 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3]
赤兔 Chì tù Red Hare, famous horse of the warlord Lü / Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4] in the Three Kingdoms era
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