旧 jiù

old, ancient; former, past

HSK 3 #915

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

旧字体 jiù zì tǐ kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
旧学 jiù xué old learning; Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West
旧家 jiù jiā notable former families
旧年 jiù nián last year; the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
旧怨 jiù yuàn old grievance; former complaint
旧恶 jiù è old wrong; past grievance; wickedness of former times
旧愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
旧态 jiù tài old posture; former situation
旧态复萌 jiù tài fù méng see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2]
旧损 jiù sǔn old and damaged; in disrepair
旧故 jiù gù old friend; former acquaintance
旧教 jiù jiào old teachings; wisdom from the past; old church; the Catholic Church 天主教 as opposed to Protestantism 新教
旧时代 jiù shí dài former times; the olden days
旧景重现 jiù jǐng chóng xiàn evocation of the past
旧历 jiù lì old calendar; the Chinese lunar calendar; same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]
旧历年 jiù lì nián lunar New Year
旧业 jiù yè one's old profession; trade of one's forebears
旧民主主义革命 jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng old democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
旧派 jiù pài old school; conservative faction
旧版 jiù bǎn old version
旧瓶装新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework; (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
旧疾 jiù jí old illness; former affliction
旧病复发 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse; fig. to repeat an old error; the same old problem
旧的不去，新的不来 jiù de bù qù ， xīn de bù lái lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.; You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
旧皇历 jiù huáng li old calendar; out-of-date customs
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