Chinese phrase
用〜代替〜 yòng 〜 dài tì 〜
Meaning
use ___ in place of ___
When to use it
One thing takes the place of another. The phrase identifies a practical substitute, with the first item replacing the second.
Example dialogue
可以 用 机器翻译 代替 人工校对 吗？ ké yǐ yòng jī qì fān yì dài tì rén gōng jiào duì ma
Can we use machine translation instead of human proofreading?
可以试试，但要注意可能会有错误。 ké yǐ shì shì dàn yào zhù yì kě néng huì yǒu cuò wù
You can try it, but watch out for possible errors.