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dài

era, generation; to substitute for, to replace

💡 Ideographic: A man 亻 caught 弋 by the passing of time
HSK 5 5 strokes Very Common (2%)
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亻
rén
man, person; people
弋
yì
to catch, to arrest; to shoot with a bow
⿰亻弋 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

rén
亻
man, person; people
💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人
2 strokes
yì
弋
to catch, to arrest; to shoot with a bow
📷 Pictographic: Picture of an arrow shot from a bow
3 strokes

Words Using 代 (285)

dàibiǎo
代表 ↗
HSK 5
representative / delegate / CL:[[位<wèi>]], [[個|个<gè>]], [[名<míng>]] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of
niándài
年代 ↗
HSK 5
a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
dàitì
代替 ↗
HSK 5
instead / to replace / to substitute (X for Y, or a number in an algebraic expression)
gǔdài
古代 ↗
HSK 5
ancient times / olden times
jìndài
近代 ↗
HSK 5
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)
shídài
时代 ↗
HSK 5
age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
Shídài
时代 ↗
HSK 5
Time, US weekly news magazine
Xiàndài
现代 ↗
HSK 5
Hyundai, South Korean company
xiàndài
现代 ↗
HSK 5
modern times / modern age / modern era
dàilǐ
代理 ↗
HSK 6
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position / to act as an agent or proxy / surrogate
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