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絕代

简绝代 · 繁絕代

Mandarin · pinyin jué dài

peerless
unmatched in his generation
incomparable (talent, beauty)

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代: dài · replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
绝: jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate

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2–4 · jue2 dai4

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adj

(literary) unique among one's contemporaries; peerless

noun

(literary) remote antiquity

verb

to have no offspring

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