世 代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age 一 代 yī dài generation 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 to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon 世 life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble 辈 lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people 曹 class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) 字 辈 zì bèi generation 新 一 代 xīn yī dài new generation 前 辈 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor 媳 妇 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation 下 一 代 xià yī dài the next generation 子 弟 zǐ dì child / the younger generation 后 人 hòu rén later generation 第 二 代 dì èr dài second generation 长 辈 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation 第 三 代 dì sān dài third generation 晚 辈 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after 二 代 èr dài second generation 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 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty) 祖 传 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation 后 生 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man 老 一 辈 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation 后 进 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones 小 辈 xiǎo bèi the younger generation 第 四 代 dì sì dài fourth generation 第 五 代 dì wǔ dài fifth generation 后 辈 hòu bèi younger generation 父 辈 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation 先 辈 xiān bèi an older generation / ancestors / forefathers 末 代 mò dài final generation 隔 世 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago 后 起 之 秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation 代 沟 dài gōu generation gap 后 来 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 火 力 发 电 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation 第 六 代 dì liù dài sixth generation 同 辈 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer 代 代 相 传 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down 秘 传 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc 长 江 后 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 祖 祖 辈 辈 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation 同 侪 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group 老 辈 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors 平 辈 píng bèi of the same generation 尊 senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel 贤 worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation 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 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 世 代 相 传 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down 上 代 shàng dài previous generation 下 世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation 传 代 chuán dài to pass to the next generation 亲 代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 核 发 电 hé fā diàn nuclear power generation 姜 文 Jiāng Wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director 下 辈 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group 九 零 后 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 代 代 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation 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 故 家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 新 新 人 类 xīn xīn rén lèi new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc) 旷 代 kuàng dài unrivalled / without peer in this generation 父 执 辈 fù zhí bèi person of one's father's generation 独 二 代 dú èr dài second generation only child 发 想 fā xiǎng to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration 祖 父 辈 zǔ fù bèi people of one's grandparents' generation 银 丝 族 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation 下 一 代 网 络 xià yī dài wǎng luò Next Generation Network 创 收 方 桉 income generation programme 铀 等 离 子 体 发 生 系 统 uranium plasma generation system 创 造 就 业 机 会 和 体 面 工 作 部 长 级 宣 言 Ministerial Declaration on Employment Generation and Decent Work 部 队 组 建 处 Force Generation Service Y一 代 Yyī dài Generation Y 负 债 的 一 代 generation debt 第 二 代 反 应 堆 Generation II reactor 部 队 组 建 bù duì zǔ jiàn force generation HOPING 基 金 会 Hope and Optimism for Palestinians in the Next Generation Foundation / HOPING Foundation 第 四 代 反 应 堆 Generation IV reactor 能 源 生 产 néng yuán shēng chǎn energy generation 燃 煤 发 电 、 环 境 和 公 众 接 受 专 题 讨 论 会 Symposium on Coal-Fired Power Generation, the Environment and Public Acceptance 比 较 评 估 不 同 发 电 能 源 的 数 据 库 和 方 法 Database and Methodologies for Comparative Assessment of Different Energy Sources of Electricity generation 第 叁 代 反 应 堆 Generation III reactor 分 布 式 发 电 distributed generation 第 一 代 技 术 first generation technology 第 二 代 技 术 second generation technology 第 叁 代 技 术 third generation technology 空 间 世 代 咨 询 理 事 会 Space Generation Advisory Council 空 间 一 代 论 坛 Space Generation Forum 部 队 组 建 和 军 事 人 员 处 Force Generation and Military Personnel Service 88代 学 生 团 体 88 Generation students' group 第 二 代 移 民 欧 洲 区 域 项 目 European Regional Project for Second Generation Migrants 创 收 能 力 income generation capacity 山 斗 shān dòu leading light (of a generation etc) / (honorific appellation) 
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