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时代

shí dài · shi dai/Shí dài · shi dai

Traditional 時代

HSK 3Old HSK 5Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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shí dài 時代

  1. age
  2. era
  3. epoch
  4. period (in one's life)

Shí dài 時代

  1. Time, US weekly news magazine
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Copying homework

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)还(hái)记得(jìde)学生(xuésheng)时代(shídài)的(de)同桌(tóngzhuō)吗(ma)？

    Do you still remember your desk mate from your school days?

  2. Dengdeng

    记得(jìde)，他(tā)每天(měitiān)借(jiè)我(wǒ)的(de)笔(bǐ)。

    Yes, he borrowed my pen every day.

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)学生(xuésheng)时代(shídài)的(de)同桌(tóngzhuō)每天(měitiān)抄(chāo)我(wǒ)的(de)作业(zuòyè)。

    My desk mate in school copied my homework every day.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)他(tā)现在(xiànzài)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    What does he do now?

  5. Liangliang

    他(tā)现在(xiànzài)是(shì)老师(lǎoshī)，教(jiāo)学生(xuésheng)不要(bùyào)抄(chāo)作业(zuòyè)。

    He is a teacher now and tells students not to copy homework.

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01

我(wǒ)们(men)今(jīn)天(tiān)所(suǒ)认(rèn)识(shi)的(de)工(gōng)业(yè)在(zài)那(nà)个(ge)时(shí)代(dài)不(bù)存(cún)在(zài)。

Industry as we know it today didn't exist in those days.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)首(shǒu)歌(gē)总(zǒng)是(shì)勾(gōu)起(qǐ)我(wǒ)中(zhōng)学(xué)时(shí)代(dài)的(de)回(huí)忆(yì)。

Every time I hear that song, I think of my high school days.

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

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时
shí

o'clock; time

代
dài

to substitute; to act on behalf of others

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