历代 lìdài past dynasties Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents lìdài past dynasties 历 歷 lì past (bound form) past; previous; refers to each or every time/age in the past, as in 历代 lìdài or 历年 lìnián代 dài nounadjective era (historical) a historical period; a dynasty or stage in historylìdài past generations 历 歷 lì past (bound form) past; previous; refers to each or every time/age in the past, as in 历代 lìdài or 历年 lìnián代 dài nounmeasure word generation a step in a line of family descent; the period of time between the birth of parents and their children