取代 – vocab dash

取代qǔdài

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Meanings

1. to replace

2. to supersede

3. to supplant

4. (chemistry) substitution

Characters used

取to take 代to replace

Examples9

我wǒ无法wúfǎ取代qǔdài她tā做zuò英语Yīngyǔ老师lǎoshī。

I can't take the place of her as an English teacher.

新xīn事物shìwù取代qǔdài旧jiù事物shìwù推动tuīdòng历史lìshǐ发展fāzhǎn。

History develops through the replacement of the old by the new.

在zài这个zhège密码mìmǎ里lǐ，每个měige数字shùzì取代qǔdài了le一个yīge字母zìmǔ。

In this secret code, each number stands for a letter of the alphabet.

车chē取代qǔdài了le自行车zìxíngchē。

Cars took the place of bicycles.

这zhè意味着yìwèizhe一种yīzhǒng轻松qīngsōng有趣yǒuqù的de工作gōngzuò氛围fēnwéi，团队tuánduì成就chéngjiù受到shòudào高度gāodù重视zhòngshì，沟通gōutōng很hěn重要zhòngyào，传统chuántǒng的de3小时xiǎoshí会议huìyì已yǐ被bèi排队páiduì喝hē咖啡kāfēi的de非正式fēizhèngshì聊天liáotiān取代qǔdài。

This implies a fun and relaxed working atmosphere where team achievement is highly valued, communication is extremely important and traditional 3-hour meetings have been replaced by informal chats in the queue for coffee.

你nǐ认为rènwéi电子书diànzǐshū会huì取代qǔdài纸质书zhǐzhìshū吗ma？

Do you think that e-books will replace paper books?