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更替

gēng tì

2-character word

What 更替 means

1. to take over (from one another)
2. to alternate
3. to replace
4. to relay

The characters in 更替

• 更gèngmore; even more; further
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace

Example sentences

• 到了每年的年底即年三十的时候，就不仅是新旧两天的更替，也是新旧岁的更替，称之为“交子”。
  Dào le měinián de niándǐ jí niánsānshí de shíhou, jiù bù jǐn shì xīn jiù liǎng tiān de gēngtì, yě shì xīn jiù suì de gēngtì, chēngzhīwéi "jiāo zǐ ".
  Arriving at the end of each year (that is, the last day of the lunar calendar) wasn't just a new day taking over from the previous one, but also a new year taking over from the previous one, and this was called 'first exchange'.