1 to substitute

2 to act on behalf of others

3 to replace

4 generation

5 dynasty

6 age

7 period

8 (historical) era

9 (geological) eon

1 representative

2 delegate

3 classifier: 位 wèi

4 classifier: 个 gè

5 classifier: 名 míng

6 to represent

7 to stand for

8 on behalf of

9 in the name of

1 ancient times

2 olden times

1 a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

2 age

3 era

4 period

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 Time, US weekly news magazine

1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).

2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.

1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down

1 to learn from history (idiom)

1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law