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朝代

cháo dài

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

朝代 (cháo dài) means "dynasty". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 朝代 means

1. dynasty
2. reign (of a king)

The characters in 朝代

• 朝zhāomorning
• 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation…

Example sentences

• 后来，因为接连的许多朝代都批准它，佛教变得更分部广的并对中国精神、文化和艺术的发展有极大的影响。
  Hòulái, yīnwèi jiēlián de xǔduō cháodài dōu pīzhǔn tā, Fójiào biànde gèng fēnbù guǎng de bìng duì Zhōngguó jīngshén, wénhuà hé yìshù de fāzhǎn yǒu jídà de yǐngxiǎng.
  Afterwards, because it was sanctioned by many of the successive dynasties Buddhism became widespread and had a tremendous impact on the development of Chinese thought, culture and art.

Where 朝代 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Festivals, Traditions & Cultural History (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cháo dài correctly.
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