Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago
trad. 顯生代
Also written 顯生代【Xiǎn shēng dài】
Characters in this word
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to make visible, to reveal, prominent, conspicuous, (prefix) phanero-
- Pinyin
- xiǎn
- Traditional
- 顯
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 30032 of 2500
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1196 of 2500
代
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to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute, generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- Pinyin
- dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 6862 of 2500