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年代

nián dài · nian dai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3 Old HSK 5

Meaning

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a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
age
era
period
CL:個 / 个 (gè)

In a sentence

2 examples

50年(nián)代(dài)，芬(fēn)兰(lán)人(rén)被(bèi)认(rèn)为(wéi)是(shì)世(shì)界(jiè)上(shàng)饮(yǐn)食(shí)最(zuì)不(bú)健(jiàn)康(kāng)的(de)例(lì)子(zi)。

In the 1950's, the Finns were cited as having one of the least healthy diets in the world.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Zifre · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

在(zài)这(zhè)个(ge)电(diàn)邮(yóu)的(de)年(nián)代(dài)里(lǐ)，我(wǒ)一(yì)收(shōu)到(dào)朋(péng)友(yǒu)寄(jì)给(gěi)我(wǒ)的(de)信(xìn)，就(jiù)会(huì)高(gāo)兴(xìng)得(de)不(bù)得(dé)了(liǎo)。