"former sovereigns" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
先王	xiān wáng	former sovereigns

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
天皇	tiān huáng	Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan	syn
旧约舊約	jiù yuē	former agreement / former contract	syn
旧物舊物	jiù wù	old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory	syn
萨摩薩摩	sà mó	Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc
往届往屆	wǎng jiè	former sessions / former years
三皇	sān huáng	the three legendary sovereigns of the third millennium BC: Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1] and Shennong 神農\|神农[Shen2 nong2], or 天皇\|天皇[Tian1 huang2], 地皇\|地皇[Di4 huang2] and 人皇\|人皇[Ren2 huang2]	syn
前	qián	front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly	syn
曾经曾經	céng jīng	once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)	syn
原来原來	yuán lái	original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out	syn
原	yuán	former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source	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]
拉丁	lā dīng	Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service
前任	qián rèn	predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc)	syn
前夫	qián fū	former husband
汉城漢城	hàn chéng	Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾\|首尔[Shou3 er3]
往事	wǎng shì	past events / former happenings	syn
复原復原	fù yuán	to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery	syn
原先	yuán xiān	originally / original / former	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
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
复发復發	fù fā	to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state)	syn
旧事舊事	jiù shì	old affair / former matter	syn
往日	wǎng rì	former days / the past	syn
叙旧敘舊	xù jiù	to reminisce / to talk about former times	syn
前嫌	qián xián	former hatred / bygone enmity
昔日	xī rì	former days / in the past	syn
前者	qián zhě	the former	syn
原有	yuán yǒu	original / former	syn
传承傳承	chuán chéng	to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance	syn
旧日舊日	jiù rì	former times / olden days	syn
西贡西貢	xī gòng	Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
往年	wǎng nián	in former years / in previous years	syn
麦迪麥迪	mài dí	Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player
旧时舊時	jiù shí	in former times / the olden days	syn
上辈子上輩子	shàng bèi zi	one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation	syn
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
旧病舊病	jiù bìng	old illness / former affliction	syn
王法	wáng fǎ	the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion	syn
故居	gù jū	former residence	syn
银元銀元	yín yuán	flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓\|银圆 / silver dollar	syn
围场圍場	wéi chǎng	enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)
旧闻舊聞	jiù wén	outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times	syn
群雄	qún xióng	outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music)	syn
痛改前非	tòng gǎi qián fēi	completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character	syn
旧部舊部	jiù bù	one's former subordinates
舒马赫舒馬赫	shū mǎ hè	Michael Schumacher (1969-), former German racing driver
旧址舊址	jiù zhǐ	former site / old location
锡兰錫蘭	xī lán	Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
胡志明	hú zhì míng	Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), former Vietnamese leader / see also 胡志明市[Hu2 Zhi4 ming2 Shi4]
旧地舊地	jiù dì	once familiar places / former haunts	syn
西汉西漢	xī hàn	Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢\|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
保驾保駕	bǎo jià	(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular)	syn
雷龙雷龍	léi lóng	apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus
银钱銀錢	yín qián	silver money (in former times)	syn
旧貌舊貌	jiù mào	old look / former appearance	syn
莱温斯基萊溫斯基	lái wēn sī jī	Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
账房賬房	zhàng fáng	an accounts office (in former times) / an accountant / a cashier
网通網通	wǎng tōng	China Netcom (CNC), former telecommunication service provider in PRC
铜钱銅錢	tóng qián	copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China)	syn
午时午時	wǔ shí	11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
银票銀票	yín piào	(in former times) banknote with a value in silver
旧居舊居	jiù jū	old residence / former home	syn
余孽餘孽	yú niè	remaining evil element / surviving members (of an evil former regime) / dregs (of a colonial administration)	syn
连战連戰	lián zhàn	Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang
农妇農婦	nóng fù	peasant woman (in former times) / female farm worker	syn
故地	gù dì	once familiar places / former haunts	syn
头面頭面	tóu miàn	head ornament (in former times) / (literary) head / face / looks	syn
巡捕	xún bǔ	to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions)	syn
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
旧宅舊宅	jiù zhái	former residence	syn
打更	dǎ gēng	to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
陈迹陳跡	chén jì	past events / relics from a former age / ruins	syn
故交	gù jiāo	former acquaintance / old friend	syn
过去過去	guò qù	(in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by	syn
故宫故宮	gù gōng	former imperial palace
前苏联前蘇聯	qián sū lián	former Soviet Union
龙飞龍飛	lóng fēi	to promote (to official position in former times)
前总统前總統	qián zǒng tǒng	former president
褪去	tuì qù	to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4]
王治郅	wáng zhì zhì	Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
国家环保总局國家環保總局	guó jiā huán bǎo zǒng jú	(PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部\|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4]
李肇星	lǐ zhào xīng	Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister
子时子時	zǐ shí	11 pm-1 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
汉书漢書	hàn shū	History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
昔年	xī nián	former years / previous years	syn
赛马会賽馬會	sài mǎ huì	the Jockey Club, Hong Kong philanthropic organization (and former gentleman's club)
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
独联体獨聯體	dú lián tǐ	Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union) / abbr. for 獨立國家聯合體\|独立国家联合体
王莽	wáng mǎng	Wang Mang (45 BC-23 AD), usurped power and reigned 9-23 between the former and later Han
吴官正吳官正	wú guān zhèng	Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
前总理前總理	qián zǒng lǐ	former prime minister
燕国燕國	yān guó	Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕\|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
汪道涵	wāng dào hán	Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
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)
郎平	láng píng	Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese former volleyball player and coach
遗诏遺詔	yí zhào	posthumous edict (of former emperor)

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"former sovereigns" Chinese-English Dictionary

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