一代 yídài generation
How to remember 一代: 一 one + 代 era = generation.
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How it is used
- One generation. 年轻一代 (niánqīng yídài) the younger generation; 一代人 (yídài rén) a generation of people.
- Also 'a generation of a product': 新一代手机 (xīn yídài shǒujī) the new generation of phones.
- 一代不如一代 (yídài bùrú yídài) 'each generation worse than the last' - a common lament about decline.
Example sentences
- 我父母那一代经历过战争。 Wǒ fùmǔ nà yídài jīnglì guò zhànzhēng.My parents' generation went through the war.