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)
near; close to; approximately
to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
近代中国经历了许多重大的历史变革。
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