时代 (shí dài) — era; age; epoch; period (in one's life)
Definition
时代 refers to a broad historical or cultural era (e.g. the internet age). Don't confuse with 年龄, which is a person's age in years, or 年代, which names a specific decade.
noun
eraageepochperiod (in one's life)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 时代。Zhè ge shí dài yǒu hěn duō wěi dà de fā míng.This era had many great inventions.
- 时代。Qīng nián shí dài shì yí gè rén zuì zhòng yào de shí qī.Youth is the most important period in a person's life.
- 时代。Wǒ men shēng huó zài hù lián wǎng shí dài.We live in the internet age.
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