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generation [generations] (act of generating or begetting; procreation) noun [UK: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 生 /shēng/noun 生殖 /shēngzhí/noun 生育 /shēngyù/noun |
generation [generations] (origination by some process; formation) noun [UK: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 产生 /chǎnshēng/noun 形成 /xíngchéng/noun 生成 /shēngchéng/noun 產生noun |
generation [generations] (period of around thirty years) noun [UK: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 代 /dài/noun |
generation [generations] (single step in the succession of natural descent) noun [UK: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 世代 /shìdài/noun 輩noun 辈 /bèi/noun |
generation gap (disconnect between generations) noun [UK: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩ ɡæp] [US: ˌdʒen.ə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩ ˈɡæp] | 代沟 /dàigōu/noun 代溝noun |
Generation X (generation of people born after the baby boom that followed World War II) proper noun | X世代 /X shìdài/proper noun |
Generation Z (generation of people) proper noun | 第Z代 /dì z dài/proper noun |
alternation of generations (metagenesis) noun | |
clogs to clogs in three generations (wealth earned in one generation seldom lasts) phrase | 富不过三代phrase 富不過三代phrase |
degeneration [degenerations] (condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become diminished) noun [UK: dɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: dɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 退化 /tuìhuà/noun |
degeneration [degenerations] (process or state of growing worse) noun [UK: dɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: dɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 恶化 /èhuà/noun 惡化noun |
intergenerational (between or across generations) adjective [UK: ˌɪn.tərˈ.dʒe.nə.ˈreɪ.ʃə.nəl] [US: ˌɪn.tər.ˈdʒe.nə.ˈreɪ.ʃə.nəl] | 世代間的adjective 世代间的 /shìdài jiān de/adjective 代間的adjective 代间的 /dàijiān de/adjective 代际的 /dàijì de/adjective 代際的adjective 带际的 /dàijì de/adjective 帶際的adjective |
lost generation proper noun | 失落的一代 /shīluò de yídài/proper noun 迷失的一代 /míshī de yídài/proper noun 迷惘的一代 /míwǎng de yídài/proper noun |
macular degeneration (disease of the retina of the eye resulting loss of central vision) noun | 黃斑變性noun |
me generation (generation concerned solely with themselves) noun | |
regeneration [regenerations] (rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal) noun [UK: rɪ.ˌdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] [US: ri.ˈdʒe.nə.ˈreɪʃ.n̩] | 重生 /chóngshēng/noun |