近代
jìndài
Meaning of 近代 in English
jìndàiHSK 5nounSyllabus #2614
- the not-very-distant past
- modern times, excluding recent decades
- capitalist times (pre-1949)
- (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
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