近 jin4 近
代 dai4 代
  1. the not-very-distant past
  2. modern times, excluding recent decades
  3. (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)

Examples

一圈转回来，还可以看看外滩近代建筑夜景，走走南京路步行街。

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