划时代

huà shí dài

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Rare

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Definitions

1. epoch-marking

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 平凡 píng fán 平凡 píng fán commonplace 与划时代相反，指普通、没有特别意义: commonplace

Related words

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• 破天荒 pò tiān huāng 破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented 指前所未有的事物或事件，强调首次出现: unprecedented

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“事件”“意义”“作品”等词搭配，如“划时代的事件”。

Formality

书面语色彩较浓，口语中较少使用。

Example Sentences

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这是一个 划时代 的发现。

This is an epoch-making discovery.

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Child Words of 划时代

• 代 代 dài: to substitute
• 划 划 huá: to row
• 划 划 huà: to delimit
• 时 时 shí: o'clock
• 时代 时代 shí dài: Time, US weekly news magazine