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舊曆年
jiù lì nián
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lunar New Year
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舊書
jiù shū
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second-hand book;
old book;
ancient book
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舊案
jiù àn
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old court case;
long-standing legal dispute
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舊業
jiù yè
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one's old profession;
trade of one's forebears
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舊民主主義革命
jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng
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old democratic revolution;
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
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舊派
jiù pài
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old school;
conservative faction
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舊版
jiù bǎn
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old version
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舊物
jiù wù
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old property (esp. inherited from former generation);
former territory
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舊瓶裝新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
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lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework;
(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
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舊疾
jiù jí
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old illness;
former affliction
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舊病
jiù bìng
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old illness;
former affliction
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舊病復發
jiù bìng fù fā
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old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse;
fig. to repeat an old error;
the same old problem
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舊的不去，新的不來
jiù de bù qù ， xīn de bù lái
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lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.;
You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
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舊皇曆
jiù huáng li
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old calendar;
out-of-date customs
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舊知
jiù zhī
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old acquaintance;
former friend
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舊石器時代
jiù shí qì shí dài
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Paleolithic Era
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舊稱
jiù chēng
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old term;
old way of referring to sth
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舊約
jiù yuē
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Old Testament;
former agreement;
former contract
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舊約全書
jiù yuē quán shū
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Old Testament
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舊習
jiù xí
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old habit;
former custom
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舊聞
jiù wén
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old anecdote;
stories passed on from former times
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舊觀
jiù guān
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former appearance;
what it used to look like
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舊詩
jiù shī
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old verse;
poetry in the old style
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舊調子
jiù diào zi
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old tune;
fig. conservative opinion;
the same old stuff
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舊調重彈
jiù diào chóng tán
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replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited;
to keep harping on about the same old stuff
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