meaning for 近代 jìndài:

  • - the not-very-distant past
  • - modern times, excluding recent decades
  • - (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
  • - capitalist times (pre-1949)

jìndài近代
zhōngguó中国
de
zhèngzhì政治
xíngshì形势
fēicháng非常
fùzá复杂

The political situation in modern China is very complicated.


jìndài近代
kējì科技
de
jìnbù进步
qǔdé取得
le
zhòngdà重大
chéngguǒ成果

Significant progress has been made in modern science and technology.


jìndài近代
jiàoyù教育
de
pǔjí普及
cùjìn促进
le
shèhuì社会
de
fāzhǎn发展

The popularization of modern education has promoted the development of society.


búguò不过
zhè
dāngzhōng当中
yǒu
yìxiē一些
shì
xiāngdāng相当
jìndài近代
de
chuántǒng传统

But some of these are quite recent traditions.


jìndài近代
zhōngguó中国
de
wénxué文学
fāzhǎn发展
chéngxiàn呈现
chū
duōyàng多样
de
tèdiǎn特点

The development of literature in modern China has presented various characteristics.