jiù

old, ancient; former, past

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

新瓶酒 xīn píng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶裝酒 xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
圖新 qì jiù tú xīn to turn over a new leaf
換新 tài jiù huàn xīn out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
zhào jiù as before; as in the past
率由章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom); to follow a proven formula
破四 pò sì jiù Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
pò jiù shabby
立新 pò jiù lì xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds
lǎo jiù outmoded; old-fashioned
fǔ jiù outmoded; decadent; decaying
事 jiù shì old affair; former matter
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
交 jiù jiāo old friend; former acquaintance
例 jiù lì old rules; example from the past; former practices
俗 jiù sú former custom; old ways
制 jiù zhì old system; weights and measures of former times
前 jiù qián in the past; formerly
友 jiù yǒu old friend
名 jiù míng former name
唐書 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
國 jiù guó old capital
地 jiù dì once familiar places; former haunts
地重遊 jiù dì chóng yóu to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane