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年代 nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties) / age / era / period / CL:個|个[ge4]
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)
gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)
大寿 shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order; orderliness / (literary) decade
年间 nián jiān in the years of / during those years / period (of dynasty or decade)
初叶 chū early part (of a decade, century etc) / the first years
末叶 final years / end (of a decade, era etc)
年代初 nián dài chū beginning of an age / beginning of a decade
后半叶 hòu bàn latter half (of a decade, century etc)
都什么年代了 dōu shén me nián dài le What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!


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