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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 后代 [hòudài]
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1.
later periods (in history); later ages
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2.
later generations; descendants; posterity;offspring
- 我们要为子孙后代留一方净土。
- 为后代着想
- for the sake of future generations; in the interest of future generations
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3.
[biology]
progeny
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later periods (in history); later ages
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 后代 [hòudài]
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以后的时代
- 兵马俑是古代留给后代的宝贵财富。
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2.
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后代人,特指晚辈子孙
- 植树造林,为后代造福
- 他的后代个个都有出息。
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1.
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以后的时代
Examples
- 为后代着想
- for the sake of future generations; in the interest of future generations → 后代
- 为后代造福
- benefit future generations → 造福
- 母猫在繁育后代。 → 繁育
- 我们要为子孙后代留一方净土。 → 后代
- 为后代计，我们也不能毁坏环境。 → 计
- 你就别假充是爱新觉罗的后代了。 → 假充
- 植树造福后代。 → 植树
- 超采地下水会给子孙后代造成灾难性后果。
- Over exploiting underground water would bring disastrous conscequences to our children. → 超采
- 现在东北地区有很多人都是当年闯关东人们的后代。
- Many people now living in the north-eastern region are descendants of those who braved the journey to the Northeast in the past. → 闯关东
- 他是胡人的后代, 因此身上多了几分豪爽之气。
- Because he was an offspring frpm the Northern Races, he had somewhat of an air of expansiveness. → 胡人
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