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"old-fashioned ways" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
陈规 陳規 chén guī outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways syn
陈规陋习 陳規陋習 chén guī lòu xí outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
别 彆 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc syn
分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn
过时 過時 guò shí old-fashioned / out of date / to be later than the time stipulated or agreed upon syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
废弃 廢棄 fèi qì to discard / to abandon (old ways) / to invalidate syn
想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn
人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn
世道 shì dào the ways of the world / the morals of the time syn
古板 gǔ bǎn outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors / to mend one's ways syn
分道扬镳 分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways syn
陈旧 陳舊 chén jiù old-fashioned syn
改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
板上钉钉 板上釘釘 bǎn shàng dìng dīng that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it syn
诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn
千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) / by every possible means syn
百般 bǎi bān in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too syn
废旧 廢舊 fèi jiù worn out / old-fashioned and dilapidated
千丝万缕 千絲萬縷 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways syn
多方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides syn
邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn
误区 誤區 wù qū mistaken ideas / misconceptions / the error of one's ways
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn
遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic
世态 世態 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior syn
拜天地 bài tiān dì to worship heaven and earth / ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / also called 拜堂 syn
下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn
拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) syn
老旧 老舊 lǎo jiù outmoded / old-fashioned
世故 shì gù the ways of the world syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world syn
人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world syn
拜堂 bài táng ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony / same as 拜天地
自新 zì xīn to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew
八仙桌 bā xiān zhuō old-fashioned square table to seat eight people syn
洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways syn
脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
各奔东西 各奔東西 gè bèn dōng xī to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] syn
守旧派 守舊派 shǒu jiù pài person who sticks to old ways / a diehard / a conservative
故态复萌 故態復萌 gù tài fù méng to revert to old ways syn
老皇历 老皇曆 lǎo huáng lì (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle syn
旧俗 舊俗 jiù sú former custom / old ways syn
改悔 gǎi huǐ to mend one's ways syn
故步自封 gù bù zì fēng stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative syn
老于世故 老於世故 lǎo yú shì gù experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
话 諙 huà old variant of 話|话[hua4] syn
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
弄 nòng old variant of 弄[nong4] syn
留 畱 liú old variant of 留[liu2] syn
女 rǔ old variant of 汝[ru3] 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
令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn
往 wǎng old variant of 往[wang3] syn
靠 kào to lean against or on / to stand by the side of / to come near to / to depend on / to trust / to fuck (vulgar) / traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) syn
法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
店 diàn inn / old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]) / (bound form) shop / store syn
碰 踫 pèng old variant of 碰[peng4] syn
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
腿 骽 tuǐ hip bone / old variant of 腿[tui3] syn
火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn
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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