旧 jiù

old, ancient; former, past

HSK 3 #915

DEFINITIONS

  • old, ancient
  • former, past
  • old
  • opposite: new 新
  • former
  • worn (with age)

STROKES

WORDS

恋旧情结 liàn jiù qíng jié dwelling on the past; difficulty in adapting to changes
折旧 zhé jiù depreciation
折旧率 zhé jiù lǜ rate of deprecation
故旧 gù jiù old friends
故旧不弃 gù jiù bù qì do not neglect old friends
新愁旧恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
新瓶旧酒 xīn píng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒 xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
弃旧图新 qì jiù tú xīn to turn over a new leaf
汰旧换新 tài jiù huàn xīn out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
率由旧章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom); to follow a proven formula
破四旧 pò sì jiù Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
破旧立新 pò jiù lì xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
翻旧账 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds
老旧 lǎo jiù outmoded; old-fashioned
腐旧 fǔ jiù outmoded; decadent; decaying
旧五代史 jiù wǔ dài shǐ History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
旧例 jiù lì old rules; example from the past; former practices
旧前 jiù qián in the past; formerly
旧名 jiù míng former name
旧唐书 jiù táng shū History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
旧国 jiù guó old capital
旧梦 jiù mèng old dreams
旧大陆 jiù dà lù the Old World; Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸|新大陆[xin1 da4 lu4] or the Americas
旧好 jiù hǎo old friendship
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