取而代之
Meaning
qǔérdàizhī qu3 er2 dai4 zhi1
- (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place
Example sentences
- With Renaissance, scholastic ideas gave place to positive ideas.
Words sharing a character
- 取得qǔdéto acquire; to get; to obtain
- 采取cǎiqǔto adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action)
- 取消qǔxiāoto cancel
- 争取zhēngqǔto fight for
- 获取huòqǔto gain; to get; to acquire
- 取决于qǔjuéyúto hinge on
- 录取lùqǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
- 取代qǔdàito replace
- 听取tīngqǔto hear (news); to listen to
- 吸取xīqǔto absorb