"ancient times" Chinese-English Dictionary

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古代 gǔ dài n. ancient times syn
远古 遠古 yuǎn gǔ antiquity / ancient times syn
自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
里 lǐ n. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn
时报 時報 shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) syn
头巾 頭巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban syn
古人 gǔ rén n. people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person 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
云梯 雲梯 yún tī (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain
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
亘古 亙古 gèn gǔ throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present) syn
鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn
近代 jìn dài n. 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
传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn
自古以来 自古以來 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times syn
古往今来 古往今來 gǔ wǎng jīn lái since ancient times / since times immemorial syn
古时候 古時候 gǔ shí hou in ancient times / in olden days
鼓噪 gǔ zào (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor / to make a din / to kick up a fuss about 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
司徒 sī tú minister of land and people (in ancient times)
幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing
古来 古來 gǔ lái since ancient times / it has ever been the case that syn
胡人 hú rén ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian
竹简 竹簡 zhú jiǎn bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2])
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
石虎 shí hǔ leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) / sculpted stone tiger installed at the tomb of revered figures in ancient times to ward off evil spirits
钢叉 鋼叉 gāng chā pitchfork / garden fork / restraining pole (used by police) / military fork (of ancient times)
鉴 鑒 jiàn bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize syn
粥 yù Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times / used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1yu4] syn
箫 簫 xiāo xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes syn
伎 jì artistry / talent / skill / (in ancient times) female entertainer syn
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
鞠 jū to incline (one's torso) / to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up / to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2] syn
铉 鉉 xuàn stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn
仞 rèn unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺[chi3]
笾 籩 biān bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets
琮 cóng jade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times
獯 xūn Xunyu, an ethnic group of northern China in ancient times / used in 獯鬻[Xun1yu4]
鬯 chàng a kind of sacrificial wine used in ancient times
脩 xiū dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried / withered
筸 gān former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4 huang2 Gu3 cheng2] in Hunan / used in 鎮筸|镇筸[Zhen4gan1], the former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4huang2 Gu3cheng2] in Hunan
龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute
鑑 jiàn bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize / variant of 鑒|鉴 / example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror)
回 逥 huí v., m.w. to go back / to return / to turn back / to turn around / to reply / to answer / classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book) / classifier for occurrences or times / to curve / to revolve syn
从来 從來 cóng lái adv. always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn
随时 隨時 suí shí adv. at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
制服 zhì fú n., v. 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]
平时 平時 píng shí n. ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime syn
现代 現代 xiàn dài n., adj. modern times / modern age / modern era syn
拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service
多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn
次数 次數 cì shù n. number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù n. 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
府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn
叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times syn
史前 shǐ qián prehistoric times / (attributive) prehistoric syn
时时刻刻 時時刻刻 shí shí kè kè at all times syn
两下子 兩下子 liǎng xià zi num.-m.w., n. a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade syn
苦力 kǔ lì bitter work / hard toil / (loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times syn
乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn
传承 傳承 chuán chéng v. 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
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn
追忆 追憶 zhuī yì to recollect / to recall (past times) / to look back syn
蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn
泰晤士报 泰晤士報 tài wù shì bào Times (newspaper)
翻番 fān fān v. to double / to increase by a certain number of times syn
今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn
倍增 bèi zēng v. to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication syn
巡抚 巡撫 xún fǔ inspector-general of province in Ming and Qing times
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn
老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) syn
应景 應景 yìng jǐng according with the times / seasonal syn
受聘 shòu pìn hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family syn
请安 請安 qǐng ān to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1]) syn
围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)
昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn
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
会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company
百思不得其解 bǎi sī bù dé qí jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought / see 百思不解[bai3 si1 bu4 jie3]
一品 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank syn
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn
错开 錯開 cuò kāi to stagger (times) syn
风雨同舟 風雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times syn
人次 rén cì m.w. person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating
皇朝 huáng cháo the imperial court / the government in imperial times syn
保驾 保駕 bǎo jià (in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage) / (nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular) syn
教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) syn
甘苦 gān kǔ good times and hardships / joys and tribulations / for better or for worse syn
银钱 銀錢 yín qián silver money (in former times) 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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