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"(literary) former times" Chinese-English Dictionary

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往初 wǎng chū (literary) former times / in olden days
Chinese Pinyin Translation
赑屃 贔屭 bì xì (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous / exerting great force
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn
古早 gǔ zǎo (Tw) old times / former times
秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn
辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn
舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause
攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn
阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up
头面 頭面 tóu miàn head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks syn
清流 qīng liú clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power syn
裋褐 shù hè (literary) coarse clothing / sackcloth (worn by the poor in former times)
承尘 承塵 chéng chén (literary) ceiling / (literary) canopy over a seat in ancient times to keep off dust
斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn
俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn
聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn
怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled
蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect
婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved
佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden
塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest
奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious
庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
时报 時報 shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
近代 jìn dài 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 to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
古往今来 古往今來 gǔ wǎng jīn lái since ancient times / since times immemorial syn
苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning syn
三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
同甘苦 tóng gān kǔ to share joys and sorrows / sharing good times and hard times / same as 同甘共苦 syn
尚书经 尚書經 shàng shū jīng Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
患难见真情 患難見真情 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
无时无刻 無時無刻 wú shí - wú kè (idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time / never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2shi2-wu2ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by 不[bu4]) at all times / always syn
几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn
群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn
拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service
龙飞 龍飛 lóng fēi to promote (to official position in former times)
旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn
铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn
旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times / olden days syn
午时 午時 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn
银票 銀票 yín piào (in former times) banknote with a value in silver
子时 子時 zǐ shí 11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
农妇 農婦 nóng fù peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker syn
书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts)
私塾 sī shú private school (in former times) syn
叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times syn
王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn
围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)
蛮夷 蠻夷 mán yí common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory / barbarian
再拜 zài bài to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
银钱 銀錢 yín qián silver money (in former times) syn
结发 結髮 jié fà (in former times) to bind one's hair on coming of age
洋货 洋貨 yáng huò Western goods / imported goods (in former times) syn
旧制 舊制 jiù zhì old system / weights and measures of former times
租税 租稅 zū shuì taxation / in former times, esp. land tax syn
旧时代 舊時代 jiù shí dài former times / the olden days
朝服 cháo fú court dress in former times syn
申时 申時 shēn shí 3-5 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
旧闻 舊聞 jiù wén outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times syn
辰时 辰時 chén shí 7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
打更 dǎ gēng to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
亥时 亥時 hài shí 9-11 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
卯时 卯時 mǎo shí 5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
账房 賬房 zhàng fáng an accounts office (in former times) / an accountant / a cashier
更夫 gēng fū night watchman (in former times)
丑时 丑時 chǒu shí 1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
寅时 寅時 yín shí 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
句读 句讀 jù dòu pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
未亡人 wèi wáng rén a widow (a widow's way of referring to herself in former times)
臣僚 chén liáo court official (in former times) syn
包银 包銀 bāo yín contracted payment (esp. actors' salary in former times)
号衣 號衣 hào yī jacket worn esp. by soldiers in former times, with large insignia on the front and back indicating unit affiliation
昔 xī former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
狩 shòu to hunt / to go hunting (as winter sport in former times) / hunting dog / imperial tour
札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
弁 biàn (old) cap (garment) / military officer of low rank (in former times) / preceding
曩 nǎng in former times
人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times syn
人臣 rén chén an official (in former times)
假吏 jiǎ lì acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times)
加冠 jiā guān (in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
包探 bāo tàn detective (in former times) syn
印子钱 印子錢 yìn zi qián usury / high interest loan (in former times) syn
印绶 印綬 yìn shòu sealed ribbon fastening correspondence (in former times)
句逗 jù dòu punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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