旧 jiù

old, ancient; former, past

HSK 3 #915

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

旧知 jiù zhī old acquaintance; former friend
旧石器时代 jiù shí qì shí dài Paleolithic Era
旧称 jiù chēng old term; old way of referring to sth
旧约全书 jiù yuē quán shū Old Testament
旧观 jiù guān former appearance; what it used to look like
旧诗 jiù shī old verse; poetry in the old style
旧调子 jiù diào zi old tune; fig. conservative opinion; the same old stuff
旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited; to keep harping on about the same old stuff
旧识 jiù shí former acquaintance; old friend
旧货市场 jiù huò shì chǎng sale of second-hand goods; flea market
旧贯 jiù guàn old system; former rules
旧迹 jiù jì old traces; signs from the past
旧车市场 jiù chē shì chǎng second-hand car market; used bike market
旧游 jiù yóu place one has previously visited; old haunts
旧都 jiù dū old capital
旧雨 jiù yǔ old friends
旧体 jiù tǐ old form of writing; piece in the old style
旧体诗 jiù tǐ shī poetry in the old style
亲旧 qīn jiù relatives and old friends
话旧 huà jiù to reminisce
送旧迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year
重修旧好 chóng xiū jiù hǎo to make friends again; to renew old cordial relations
重提旧事 chóng tí jiù shì to raise the same old topic again; to hark back
重历旧游 chóng lì jiù yóu to revisit; to return to a previously visited spot
重温旧业 chóng wēn jiù yè to resume one's old trade (idiom)
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