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取而代之

qǔ ér dài zhī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

取而代之 (qǔ ér dài zhī) means "(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 取而代之 means

1. idiomto replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place

The characters in 取而代之

• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her

Example sentences

• 随着文艺复兴，学院派的想法被积极的想法取而代之了。
  Suízhe Wényìfùxīng, xuéyuànpài de xiǎngfǎ bèi jījí de xiǎngfǎ qǔ'érdàizhī le.
  With Renaissance, scholastic ideas gave place to positive ideas.
• 共产主义失败了，而无产阶级专政现在也经被淘汰了。虽然资本主义逐渐取而代之，但现在的资本主义对于人类还是一个威胁。
  Gòngchǎnzhǔyì shībài le, ér wúchǎnjiējí zhuānzhèng xiànzài yě jīng bèi táotài le. suīrán zīběnzhǔyì zhújiàn qǔ'érdàizhī, dàn xiànzài de zīběnzhǔyì duìyú rénlèi háishi yī gè wēixié.
  Since communism became obsolete and the dictatorship of the proletariat is out of date, capitalism proves to be the best so far, even though it itself is still a threat for humanity.

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