Definitions

1. 1. the not-very-distant past
2. 2. modern times, excluding recent decades
3. 3. (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
4. 4. capitalist times (pre-1949)

Components

• 近 jìn – near
• 代 dài – to substitute

Related Words

• 近代史 jìn dài shǐ – modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)

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