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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

年代 [niándài]
  1. 1. noun [时代] period
  2. 2. noun [十年] decade

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

年代 [niándài]
  1. 1. age; years; time
    年代久了,石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
    The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time.
    年代不详
    without date; sine anno
  2. 2. a decade of a century
    二十世纪九十年代
    the 1990's
    八十年代
    the eighties

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

年代 [niándài]
  1. 1. 时间;年数
    这套家具使用年代太久了,几乎可以做历史文物了。
  2. 2. 时代
    年代久远
    战争年代
  3. 3. 在一个世纪中每十年为一个年代。如1981-1990年为20世纪80年代

Examples

动乱年代
years of upheaval
风雨飘摇的年代
precarious times; troubled times
战争年代的回忆
reminiscences of the war years
鉴定文物年代
determine the date of a cultural relic
年代久远
of the remote past; age-old; time-honoured
苦难的年代
an era of suffering
年代绵邈
of the remote past; age-old
年代久了,石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time.
年代太久,难以追忆。
It happened ages ago and I can't call it to mind.

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