世 代

shìdài

“For many generations” in Chinese is 世代 (shìdài).

Meaning

for many generations
generation
era

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age

Example

文化世代相传。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

shìHSK 35 strokeslife dàiHSK 35 strokesto be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 时代 (shídài, Time, US weekly news magazine)