"Generation" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age
 yī dài generation
 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings)
 dài to substitute / to act on behalf of others / to replace / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon
 shì life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble
 bèi lifetime / generation / group of people / class / classifier for generations / (literary) classifier for people
 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)
 zì bèi generation
 xīn yī dài new generation
 qián bèi senior / older generation / precursor
 xià yī dài the next generation
 zǐ dì child / the younger generation
 hòu rén later generation
 dì èr dài second generation
 zhǎng bèi one's elders / older generation
 dì sān dài third generation
 wǎn bèi the younger generation / those who come after
 dì yī dài first generation
 Xīn shēng dài new generation
 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
 jué dài peerless / unmatched in his generation / incomparable (talent, beauty)
 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation
 hòu shēng young generation / youth / young man
 lǎo yī bèi previous generation / older generation
 hòu jìn less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones
 xiǎo bèi the younger generation
 dì sì dài fourth generation
 dì wǔ dài fifth generation
 hòu bèi younger generation
 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation
 mò dài final generation
 gé shì separated by a generation / a lifetime ago
 hòu qǐ zhī xiù an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation
 dài gōu generation gap
 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master
 huǒ lì fā diàn thermal power generation
 dì liù dài sixth generation
 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer
 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down
 mì chuán to hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
 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
 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations / from generation to generation
 tóng chái peer / member of the same class, generation or social group
 lǎo bèi the older generation / ancestors
 píng bèi of the same generation
 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel
 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
 huǎng rú gé shì like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago
 fēng huá jué dài magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom) / peerless talent
 jué dài jiā rén beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom) / woman of peerless elegance / prettiest girl ever
 shì dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom) / to hand down
 shàng dài previous generation
 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation
 chuán dài to pass to the next generation
 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation
 hé fā diàn nuclear power generation
 Jiāng Wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
 xià bèi offspring / future generations / younger generation of a family / junior members of a group
 jiǔ líng hòu 90s generation
 wǔ qī yī dài generation of 1957 / refers to Mao's anti-rightist purge of 1957
 dài dài from generation to generation / generation after generation
 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)
 zǐ dài offspring / child's generation
 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
 xīn xīn rén lèi new generation of youths (generation X, Y etc)
 kuàng dài unrivalled / without peer in this generation
 fù zhí bèi person of one's father's generation
 dú èr dài second generation only child
 fā xiǎng to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration
 zǔ fù bèi people of one's grandparents' generation
 yín sī zú the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
 xià yī dài wǎng luò Next Generation Network
  income generation programme
  uranium plasma generation system
  Ministerial Declaration on Employment Generation and Decent Work
  Force Generation Service
Y一 Yyī dài Generation Y
  generation debt
  Generation II reactor
 bù duì zǔ jiàn force generation
HOPING 基  Hope and Optimism for Palestinians in the Next Generation Foundation / HOPING Foundation
  Generation IV reactor
 néng yuán shēng chǎn energy generation
  Symposium on Coal-Fired Power Generation, the Environment and Public Acceptance
  Database and Methodologies for Comparative Assessment of Different Energy Sources of Electricity generation
  Generation III reactor
  distributed generation
  first generation technology
  second generation technology
  third generation technology
  Space Generation Advisory Council
  Space Generation Forum
  Force Generation and Military Personnel Service
88代  88 Generation students' group
  European Regional Project for Second Generation Migrants
  income generation capacity
 shān dòu leading light (of a generation etc) / (honorific appellation)
 háng bèi generation and age ranking / seniority
 yī dài bù rú yī dài to be getting worse with each generation
 shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) / fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children / sandwich generation
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