取而代之

qǔ ér dài zhī

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

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取qǔto take, to receive, to obtain; to select耳又而érand, and then, and yet; but 代dàiera, generation; to substitute for, to replace亻弋之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to丶