近代: the not-very-distant past, modern times, excluding recent decades, (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to919), capitalis...
出自: to come from...
批: to ascertain, (measure word for batches, lots), to act on, to criticize, to pass on...
报废: to scrap, to be written off...
