1.the not-very-distant past2.modern times, excluding recent decades3.(in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)4.capitalist times (pre-1949)+1 条
1.to transfer (duties to sb else)2.to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)3.to explain; to give an account; to brief4.to confess; to account for oneself+1 条+2 条
1.lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs2.to take matters into one's own hands