近代

jìndài

modern times

nounHSK 3.0 word list · Band 5
Dictionary entry

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

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这是近代的历史。

Zhè shì jìndài de lìshǐ.

English

This is modern history.

近代有很多变化。

Jìndài yǒu hěn duō biànhuà.

English

There were many changes in modern times.

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