近代

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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)

Meanings

  1. the not-very-distant past
  2. modern times, excluding recent decades
  3. (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
  4. capitalist times (pre-1949)

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