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新生代

Mandarin · pinyin xīn shēng dài#

new generation

Mandarin · pinyin Xīn shēng dài#

Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years)

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新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
代: dài · replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation

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1–1–4 · xin1 sheng1 dai4

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noun · Etymology 1

new generation

name · Etymology 2

(geology) the Cenozoic era (part of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from 66.0 million years ago until the present)

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