现代
Meaning
- modern times
- modern age
- modern era
Example sentence
他学习现代文学。
He studies contemporary literature.
Characters in 现代
- 现 xiàn present, current; to appear
- 代 dài to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
现 present plus 代, an era. The present era, and 古代 and 近代 are built the same way.