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近代

jìn dài
HSK 2.0 Level 5
HSK 3.0 Level 4

Definitions

  • 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)
  • capitalist times (pre-1949)

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