近代史 jìn dài shǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)

CHARACTERS

近 jìn
HSK 2
near, close; approach; intimate
代 dài
HSK 5
replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation
史 shǐ
HSK 3
history, chronicle, annals