当代(dāng dài): the present age
the present age
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 当代 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他是当代最伟大的科学家之一。
tā shì dāng dài zuì wěi dà de kē xué jiā zhī yī
He is one of the greatest scientists of our age.
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