# 取而代之 (qǔ'érdàizhī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 取而代之 (qǔ'érdàizhī) means “to take its place; to replace”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to take its place; to replace
- Pinyin: qǔ'érdàizhī (qu3 er2 dai4 zhi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 旧工厂被拆除，取而代之的是公园。
  Jiù gōngchǎng bèi chāichú, qǔ'érdàizhī de shì gōngyuán.
  The old factory was demolished, and a park took its place.

## Characters

- [取](https://hanziro.com/word/qu-take/) (qǔ): to take; to get
- [而](https://hanziro.com/word/er-and-as-well/) (ér): (conj.) and, as well as; (conj.) but, yet
- [代](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-replace/) (dài): to replace; generation
- [之](https://hanziro.com/word/zhi-possessive-marker/) (zhī): (particle) possessive marker; him, her, it

https://hanziro.com/word/qu-er-dai-zhi-take-its-place/

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