当代 (當代)
dāng dài
Pinyin

Definition

当代 (當代)
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dāng dài
  1. the present age
  2. the contemporary era

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

代
dài
  1. 1 to substitute
  2. 2 to act on behalf of others
  3. 3 to replace
  4. 4 generation
  5. 5 dynasty
  6. 6 age
  7. 7 period
  8. 8 (historical) era
  9. 9 (geological) eon
代表
dài biǎo
  1. 1 representative
  2. 2 delegate
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 名 míng
  6. 6 to represent
  7. 7 to stand for
  8. 8 on behalf of
  9. 9 in the name of
古代
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
年代
nián dài
  1. 1 a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. 2 age
  3. 3 era
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
时代
Shí dài
  1. 1 Time, US weekly news magazine

Idioms (12)

世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
包办代替
bāo bàn dài tì
  1. 1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act

Sample Sentences

英国当代诗人西格夫里·萨松（Siegfried Sassoon）曾写过一行不朽的警句：“In me the tiger sniffe the rose”勉强把它译成中文，便是：“我心里有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇。”
Yīngguó dāngdài shīrén Xīgéfūlǐ ·Sàsōng （Siegfried Sassoon ）céng xiě guò yìháng bùxiǔ de jǐngjù ：“In me the tiger sniffe the rose ”miǎnqiǎng bǎ tā yìchéng Zhōngwén ，biàn shì ：“wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ zài xì xiù qiángwēi 。”
The modern British poet Siegfried Sassoon once wrote an immortal line of warning "In me the tiger sniffs the rose", for which, if you forced me to translate it into Chinese, I would use the phrase "我心里有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇" (There's a fierce tiger in my heart carefully sniffing at a rose).
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那么这个题目的范围非常之广，所涵盖的内容也非常之多，由于时间的关系，我将从以下三个方面向各位做论题之概述，一是外交辞令的历史渊源；二是我国当代外交中常见的基本外交辞令，我会简单举例说明；最后是中国国家领导人对一些著名的外交事件的应对。
nàme zhè ge tímù de fànwéi fēicháng zhī guǎng ，suǒ hángài de nèiróng yě fēicháng zhī duō ，yóuyú shíjiān de guānxi ，wǒ jiāng cóng yǐxià sān gè fāngmiàn xiàng gèwèi zuò lùntí zhī gàishù ，yī shì wàijiāo cílìng de lìshǐ yuānyuán ；èr shì wǒguó dāngdài wàijiāo zhōng chángjiàn de jīběn wàijiāo cílìng ，wǒ huì jiǎndān jǔlì shuōmíng ；zuìhòu shì Zhōngguó guójiā lǐngdǎorén duì yīxiē zhùmíng wàijiāo shìjiàn de yìngduì 。
This is a very broad-ranging topic, which contains a lot of things. Given the limited time, I'll give you an overview of the following three themes. The first is the origins of diplomatic rhetoric, the second is the basic commonly-used rhetoric nowadays in this country and a few simple examples; then finally I'll talk about how Chinese leaders dealt with some famous diplomatic incidents.
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