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Definition
- to substitute
- to replace
- to act on behalf of others
- generation
- dynasty
- age
- period
- era
Compounds (7)
Related words (199)
to act for sb else; to act on sb's behalf; an agent; a diplomatic representative; a chargé d'affaires
to sell as agent; to sell on commission (e.g. insurance policies); proxy sale (of stocks)
fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
for (many) generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; generation; epoch; era; age
to hand over; to explain; to make clear; to brief (sb); to account for; to justify oneself; to confess; to finish (colloquial)
successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties; all periods of time; all ages
offspring; future generations; descendant; progeny; later periods; later ages; later generations; posterity
a change-over of personnel; a new shift; (lit.) replacement for soldier on leave for the melon picking season
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)
haloalkane (obtained from hydrocarbon by substituting halogen for hydrogen, e.g. chlorobenzene or the CFCs)
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s; see also 窮二代
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s; see also 富二代
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so
catabolism (biology); metabolic breaking down and waste disposal; dissimilation
anabolism (biology); constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc); assimilation
(lit.) the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree; to substitute one thing for another; to carry the can for sb
modernization of national defense, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
(law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)
national general congress; Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations 鄧小平|邓小平, 四個現代化|四个现代化
modernization of science and technology, one of Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations
Idioms (10)
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance; prettiest girl ever
(lit.) to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs; to take matters into one's own hands
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