显生代

Traditional: 顯生代

Xiǎn shēng dài

Dictionary entry

Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago

What does 显生代 mean?

显生代 (Xiǎn shēng dài) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago

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显xiǎnto make visible · to reveal 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 代dàito be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute · generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

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