汉代 (漢代)
Hàn dài
Pinyin

Definition

汉代 (漢代)
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Hàn dài
  1. the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

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

到了汉代，皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”，内有多重降温装置，以石头为床，用玉晶盘装冰块，还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子，清凉无比。
dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。
In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.
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和平合作。公元前一百四十多年的中国汉代，一支从长安出发的和平使团，开始打通东方通往西方的道路，完成了“凿空之旅"这就是著名的张骞出使西域。
hépíng hézuò 。gōngyuánqián yī bǎi sì shí duō nián de Zhōngguó Hàndài ，yī Zhī cóng Chángān chūfā de hépíng shǐtuán ，kāishǐ dǎtōng Dōngfāng tōngwǎng Xīfāng de dàolù ，wánchéng le “Záokōngzhīlǚ "zhè jiùshì zhùmíng de ZhāngQiān chūshǐ Xīyù 。
Peaceful cooperation. In the Han Dynasty, before 140BC, a peaceful delegation set forth from Changan, and started to open up a road from the East to the West, completing a journey of pioneership, the renowned diplomatic mission to the Western regions undertaken by Zhang Qian.
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