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 gǔ ancient / old / paleo-
Results beginning with 古
 gǔ dài ancient times / olden times
 gǔ diǎn classical
 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old
 gǔ guài strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre
 gǔ chéng ancient city
 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
 gǔ jīn then and now / ancient and modern
 gǔ dǒng curio / antique
 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
 Gǔ Lóng Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
 Gǔ bā Cuba
 gǔ zhuāng ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
 gǔ wán antique / curio
 gǔ jí ancient text / antique books
 gǔ jì places of historic interest / historical sites / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gǔ mù old tomb (archaeology)
 gǔ bǎo ancient castle
 gǔ dào ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem
 gǔ zhēng zither or guzheng / large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times
 gǔ dū ancient capital
 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
 gǔ shí antiquity
 gǔ fāng ancient prescription
 gǔ guó ancient country
 gǔ shū ancient book / old book
 gǔ qín guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
 gǔ bǎn outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
 gǔ chà old Buddhist temple
 gǔ lái since ancient times / it has ever been the case that / see also 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]
 gǔ jiù archaic
 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression
 Gǔ qí Gucci (brand)
 gǔ xùn old adage / ancient teaching
 gǔ xī seventy years old
 gǔ wù antique
 gǔ bì old coin
 gǔ shǐ ancient history
 gǔ kē (botany) coca (source of cocaine)
 gǔ yàn ancient proverb / old saying
  olazo
 Gǔ bō Gubo (a personal name)
 Gǔ chí Gucci (brand)
 gǔ jì variant of 古跡|古迹, place of historic interest / historical site
 Gǔ jiāo Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2], Shanxi
 Gǔ jìn Kuching (city in Malaysia)
 Gǔ kēng Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 Gǔ làng Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu
 Gǔ lìn Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan
 gǔ lǔ guru (loanword)
 Gǔ nuò Gounod (name) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer
 Gǔ tǎ Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
 Gǔ tián Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian
 gǔ xī (literary) ancient times / in olden days
 Gǔ xiàn Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
 gǔ yàn antique ink slab / CL:台[tai2]
 Gǔ yě Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei
 gǔ yì ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word
 gǔ yīn ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
 gǔ zǎo (Tw) old times / former times
 gǔ zhái former residence
 Gǔ zhàng Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
 gǔ zhèn Guzhen
 gǔ zì old character / archaic form of a Chinese character
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 gǔ Xī là ancient Greece
 gǔ huò zǎi gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth
 gǔ Luó mǎ ancient Rome
 gǔ shí hou in ancient times / in olden days
 gǔ wén míng ancient civilization
 gǔ dài shǐ ancient history
 Gǔ lán jīng Koran (Islamic scripture) / Quran
 gǔ shēng wù paleo-organism
 gǔ wén huà ancient civilization
 gǔ rén lèi ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
 gǔ zhuāng jù costume drama
 gǔ wán diàn antique store
 gǔ mù zàng ancient tomb
 Gǔ shēng dài Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
 gǔ diǎn pài classicists
  cocaïne mud
  paleotsunami
 gǔ běi jiè Palearctic realm
 Gǔ chéng qū Old town district / Gucheng district of Lijiang city 麗江市|丽江市[Li4 jiang1 shi4], Yunnan
 gǔ dào niǎo Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
 Gǔ dēng bǎo Gutenberg (name) / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale
 gǔ diǎn yuè classical music (mainly Western)
 gǔ dì cí paleomagnetism
 Gǔ dǒng tān Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries
 gǔ fēng suì ancient fire beacon towers (archaeological sites in Xinjiang)
 Gǔ gēn hǎn Guggenheim (name)
 gǔ huán jìng palaeoenvironment
 Gǔ jiāo shì Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2], Shanxi
 gǔ kē jiǎn cocaine
 gǔ kē jiǎn cocaine (loanword) / also written 可卡因[ke3 ka3 yin1]
 Gǔ kēng xiāng Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan
 gǔ kē shù coca plant (source of cocaine)
 gǔ kē yè coca leaf
 gǔ lā gé gulag (loanword)
 Gǔ làng xiàn Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu
 gǔ lǎo ròu sweet and sour pork / also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4]
 Gǔ lìn xiàn Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan
 gǔ lǔ lǔ (onom.) the sound of a rolling object
 Gǔ Qiàn dào Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
 gǔ qì hòu palaeoclimate
 Gǔ tǎ qū Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
 Gǔ tián xiàn Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian
 gǔ tǐ shī a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
 gǔ tóng sè bronze color
 gǔ xī jūn archaebacteria
 Gǔ xīn shì Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)
 gǔ xīn tǒng Palaeocene system (geology)
 gǔ Yǎ diǎn ancient Athens
 Gǔ yě qū Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei
 gǔ zǎo wèi (Tw) traditional style / old-fashioned feel / flavor of yesteryear
 Gǔ zhàng xiàn Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music
 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
 gǔ jīn zhōng wài at all times and in all places (idiom)
 gǔ sè gǔ xiāng interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
 gǔ wǎng jīn lái since ancient times / since times immemorial
 gǔ líng jīng guài weird / bizarre
 gǔ shēng wù xué palaeontology
 Gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
  classical language
  Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval Stations / Cuban-American Treaty
  coca bush
  palaeomagnetism
  coca products
 gǔ Bā bǐ lún ancient Babylon
 gǔ dài hǎi yáng paleo-ocean
 gǔ diǎn yǔ yán classical language
 Gǔ gēn hǎi mǔ Guggenheim (name)
 Gǔ jié lā ěr Gujral (name) / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian Janata politician, prime minister 1997-1998
 Gǔ jí lā tè Gujarat, state in west India
 Gǔ jīn Xiǎo shuō Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620
 gǔ lǐ gǔ guài quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful
 Gǔ mù Lì yǐng Tomb Raider (computer game)
 gǔ mù zàng qún (archeology) burial complex
 gǔ qì hòu xué paleoclimatology
 gǔ rén lèi xué paleoanthropology
 gǔ sì niǎo lóng Archaeornithomimus
 Gǔ tè léi sī António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002)
 Gǔ wén Guān zhǐ Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
 gǔ wén yùn dòng cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
 gǔ wén zì xué paleography
 Gǔ Xī là yǔ Ancient Greek (language)
  paleogeographic reconstruction
  palaeoclimatic reconstruction
  antique small arm
Approximate Results for 古
 Měng gǔ Mongolia
 zì gǔ (since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial
 kǎo gǔ archaeology
 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
 yuǎn gǔ antiquity / ancient times
 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times
仿 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
 tài gǔ immemorial
 gèn gǔ throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present)
怀 huái gǔ to recall the past / to cherish the memory of past events / to reminisce / nostalgic
 Bó Gǔ Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
 zuò gǔ to die / to pass away
 kuàng gǔ since the dawn of time / from the year dot
 Bì gǔ Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist
 diào gǔ to revisit the past / to commemorate
访 fǎng gǔ to search for ancient relics
 Hóng gǔ Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
 huáng gǔ ancient times
 jī gǔ to learn from the ancients / to study the classic texts
 jìn gǔ near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
 lǎn gǔ to visit historic sites
 nǐ gǔ to emulate a classic / to work in the style of a classic (author)
 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative
 Pán gǔ Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
 shī gǔ following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style
 suì gǔ remote antiquity
 wǎng gǔ in former times / in olden days
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 Nèi Měng gǔ Inner Mongolia / abbr. for 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Inner Mongolia autonomous region
 Měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
 zhū gǔ lì chocolate (loanword) / CL:塊|块[kuai4]
 kǎo gǔ xué archaeology
 ní gǔ dīng nicotine (loanword)
 Měng gǔ guó Mongolia
 měng gǔ bāo yurt
 xīn gǔ diǎn neoclassical
 Měng gǔ yǔ Mongolian language
 Tōng gǔ sī Tungus
  Pigovian taxes
 Bō lái gǔ Pleiku, Vietnam
 Dé gǔ lā Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker / Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
 fù gǔ huì anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培 / same as 光復會|光复会
 Gōng gǔ ěr Goncourt (name)
 Hóng gǔ Qū Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
 jīn gǔ wén Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
 kǎo gǔ jiā archaeologist
 kǎo gǔ tí questions from previous years' exams (Tw)
 lǎo gǔ bǎn overly conservative / old-fashioned / old fogey / a square
 Měng gǔ rén Mongol
 Míng gǔ lǔ Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
 Míng gǔ wū Nagoya, city in Japan
 Nà gǔ wū Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling)
 Pán gǔ shì Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
 Tài gǔ dài Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
 Tài gǔ zhòu Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)
 Táng gǔ lā Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]
 Wài Měng gǔ Outer Mongolia
 Xù lā gǔ Syracuse, Sicily / also written 錫拉庫薩|锡拉库萨[Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4]
 yán shī gǔ Yan
 Yìn gǔ shí Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia
 Yuán gǔ dài Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
 Yuán gǔ zhòu pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)
 zuò gǔ rén to die / to pass away
 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times
 ní gǔ lā sī Nicholas
 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange
 míng shèng gǔ jì historical sites and scenic spots
 kǎo gǔ xué jiā archaeologist
 Lì jiāng gǔ chéng Lijiang old town (in Yunnan)
 Fèng huáng Gǔ chéng Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
 Táng gǔ lā shān Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
 yī gǔ nǎo r variant of 一股腦兒|一股脑儿[yi1 gu3 nao3 r5]
 ào gǔ sī dīng Augustine
 Aò gǔ sī tǎ Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc)
 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
 bó gǔ tōng jīn conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
 gèn gǔ tōng jīn from ancient times up to now / throughout history
 gèn gǔ wèi yǒu unprecedented / never seen since ancient times
 guì gǔ jiàn jīn to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
 hòu gǔ bó jīn to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
 jiè gǔ yù jīn to borrow the past as a model for the present
 jī gǔ zhèn jīn studying the old to promote the new (idiom)
 kuàng gǔ wèi wén never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented / also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
 kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented
 nián yú gǔ xī over seventy years old
 nì gǔ bù huà conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
 qiān gǔ zuì rén sb condemned by history (idiom)
 rén xīn bù gǔ the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
 rú gǔ hán jīn to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
 wàn gǔ qiān qiū for all eternity (idiom)
 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange
 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom) / surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries / glorious and world-shattering
 Aò gǔ sī dū Augustus (name)
 biāo bǐng qiān gǔ to shine through the ages (idiom)
 Chá mǎ gǔ dào old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond
 E2 ěr gǔ nà Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
 gèn gǔ bù biàn unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous
 jiāng jīn lùn gǔ to observe the present to study the past
 jiè gǔ fěng jīn to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
 Lì gǔ lǐ yà Liguria, northwest Italy
 liú fāng qiān gǔ a good reputation to last down the generations
 Lún tái gǔ chéng ruins of Luntai city, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
 Mài dù gǔ lǐ Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
 Méng gǔ bǎi líng (bird species of China) Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
 Měng gǔ dài fu (coll.) quack (doctor) / charlatan
 měng gǔ shā héng (bird species of China) lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)
 Méng gǔ shā què (bird species of China) Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)
 Míng gǔ lǔ shì Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
 nán fāng gǔ yuán Australopithecus
西 Ní gǔ xī yà Nicosia, capital of Cyprus (Tw)
 nǐ gǔ zhī zuò a work in a classic style / a pastiche
 qiān gǔ yí hèn to have eternal regrets (idiom)
 qián wú gǔ rén (idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
 shàng gǔ Hàn yǔ Old Chinese (linguistics)
 Sī chóu Gǔ lù the ancient Silk Road / see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4]
 Sǐ hǎi gǔ juàn Dead Sea Scrolls
 Tài gǔ Yáng háng Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
 Táng gǔ lā fēng Dangla or Tanggula mountain on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau
 tán gǔ lùn jīn to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
 Wǎ jiā dù gǔ Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
 wàn gǔ cháng qīng remain fresh / last forever / eternal
 wàn gǔ cháng xīn to remain forever new (idiom)
 Wū lún gǔ Hé Ulungur River in Xinjiang
 Wū lún gǔ Hú Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang
 yí fàn gǔ jīn to leave an example for all generations
 zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ Middle Chinese (linguistics)
 Zì yóu Gǔ bā Cuba Libre
 Nèi Měng gǔ Dà xué Inner Mongolia University
 xīn gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì neoclassicism
 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
 tì gǔ rén dān yōu to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
  Gondwana
  isocubanite
  nicotine patch
  coca leaf chewing
 Aī jí gǔ wù xué Egyptology
西 Dé gǔ xī jiā bā Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras (Tw)
 E2 ěr gǔ nà Hé Argun River of Mongolia and Heilongjiang province, tributary of Heilongjiang River 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
 E2 ěr gǔ nà shì Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
 Fǎ mǎ gǔ sī tǎ Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus
 lián hé gǔ dà lù Pangea or Pangaea
 Liáo níng gǔ dào niǎo Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
 lì gǔ lǐ yà hǎi Ligurian
 Shèng Aò gǔ sī dīng St Augustine / Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher / Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany
 shèng ní gǔ lā sī San
 shǐ qián gǔ qì wù prehistoric artifacts / ancient artifacts
 Táng gǔ lā shān mài Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
 yī mǐ dù gǔ dù imidugudu
 Nèi Měng gǔ Zì zhì qū Inner Mongolia autonomous region, abbr. 內蒙古|内蒙古[Nei4 meng3 gu3], capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4]
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