qǔ ér dài zhī

HSK 7–9

取而代之 (qǔ ér dài zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place

Characters in 取而代之

取qǔ · to take而ér · and代dài · to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

Related words

而and而且(not only ...) but also之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid而已that's all代表representative之一one of (sth)取to take而是rather之类and so on

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