划时代

劃時代

huàshídài

adjective HSK 7-9 #37,709

Meanings

1 epoch-making
2 groundbreaking

Characters

to mark; to delineate

generation; era

Examples

HSK 3

互联网的出现具有划时代的意义。

Hùliánwǎng de chūxiàn jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì.

The emergence of the internet has epoch-making significance.

HSK 4

这是一项划时代的发明。

Zhè shì yī xiàng huàshídài de fāmíng.

This is a groundbreaking invention.

Tips

memory

划 (to divide/mark) + 时代 (era) = something that "marks an era" = epoch-making.

Stroke Order

划 huà

时 shí

代 dài