渐新世 jiànxīnshì Oligocene Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 渐 漸 jiàn adverb gradually slowly; by degrees; little by little新 xīn adjective new new; fresh; up-to-date; newly appearing or just discovered世 shì noun era (bound form) an era; an age; a dynasty; (geology) an epoch