# 划时代 (huàshídài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 划时代 (huàshídài) means “epoch-making; historic”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: epoch-making; historic
- Pinyin: huàshídài (hua4 shi2 dai4)
- Traditional: 劃時代
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这是一项划时代的科学发现。
  Zhè shì yí xiàng huàshídài de kēxué fāxiàn.
  This is an epoch-making scientific discovery.

## Characters

- [划](https://hanziro.com/word/hua-row/) (huá): to row; to paddle
- [时](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-time/) (shí): time; hour
- [代](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-replace/) (dài): to replace; generation

https://hanziro.com/word/hua-shi-dai-epoch-making/

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