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一代

yī dài · yi dai

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Meaning

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  1. generation
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Grandpa's voice messages

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)爷爷(yéye)会(huì)用(yòng)手机(shǒujī)吗(ma)？

    Dengdeng, can your grandpa use a phone?

  2. Dengdeng

    他们(tāmen)那(nà)一代(yīdài)人(rén)刚开始(gāngkāishǐ)不会(bùhuì)，现在(xiànzài)天天(tiāntiān)发(fā)语音(yǔyīn)。

    People of his generation could not at first. Now he sends voice messages every day.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)爷爷(yéye)也是(yěshì)！他(tā)一(yī)发(fā)就(jiù)是(shì)六十秒(liùshímiǎo)。

    Mine too! Every time he sends one, it is sixty seconds long.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)这(zhè)一代(yīdài)人(rén)有(yǒu)什么(shénme)本事(běnshi)？

    So what skill does our generation have?

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)这(zhè)一代(yīdài)人(rén)最大(zuìdà)的(de)本事(běnshi)，是(shì)没电(méidiàn)了(le)也(yě)要(yào)找(zhǎo)插座(chāzuò)。

    Our generation's biggest skill is finding a power socket even when the battery is dead.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)些(xiē)古(gǔ)老(lǎo)习(xí)俗(sú)都(dōu)是(shì)一(yí)代(dài)一(yí)代(dài)相(xiāng)传(chuán)下(xià)来(lái)的(de)。

These old customs have been handed down from generation to generation.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by U2FS · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)父(fù)母(mǔ)那(nà)一(yí)代(dài)经(jīng)历(lì)过(guò)战(zhàn)争(zhēng)。

My parents' generation went through the war.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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