年代

niándài
  1. a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)
  2. age
  3. era
  4. period

classifier: 個

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=1 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián
2 代 dài
  1. to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute
  2. generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon