| 古 | gǔ | ancient / old / paleo- | ![]() | |
Results beginning with 古 | ||||
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times | ![]() | |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical | ![]() | |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient / old / age-old | ![]() | |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre | ![]() | |
| 古城 | gǔ chéng | ancient city | ![]() | |
| 古人 | gǔ rén | people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person | ![]() | |
| 古今 | gǔ jīn | then and now / ancient and modern | ![]() | |
| 古董 | gǔ dǒng | curio / antique | ![]() | |
| 古朴 | gǔ pǔ | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) | ![]() | |
| 古龙 | Gǔ Lóng | Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter | ![]() | |
| 古巴 | Gǔ bā | Cuba | ![]() | |
| 古装 | gǔ zhuāng | ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc) | ![]() | |
| 古玩 | gǔ wán | antique / curio | ![]() | |
| 古籍 | gǔ jí | ancient text / antique books | ![]() | |
| 古迹 | gǔ jì | places of historic interest / historical sites / CL:個|个[ge4] | ![]() | |
| 古墓 | gǔ mù | old tomb (archaeology) | ![]() | |
| 古堡 | gǔ bǎo | ancient castle | ![]() | |
| 古道 | gǔ dào | ancient road / precepts of the antiquity | ![]() | |
| 古诗 | gǔ shī | old verse / Classical Chinese poem | ![]() | |
| 古筝 | gǔ zhēng | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2] during Tang and Song times) | ![]() | |
| 古都 | gǔ dū | ancient capital | ![]() | |
| 古文 | gǔ wén | old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject | ![]() | |
| 古时 | gǔ shí | antiquity | ![]() | |
| 古方 | gǔ fāng | ancient prescription | ![]() | |
| 古国 | gǔ guó | ancient country | ![]() | |
| 古书 | gǔ shū | ancient book / old book | ![]() | |
| 古琴 | gǔ qín | guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers | ![]() | |
| 古风 | gǔ fēng | old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] | ![]() | |
| 古板 | gǔ bǎn | outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible | ![]() | |
| 古刹 | gǔ chà | old Buddhist temple | ![]() | |
| 古来 | gǔ lái | since ancient times / it has ever been the case that | ![]() | |
| 古旧 | gǔ jiù | archaic | ![]() | |
| 古语 | gǔ yǔ | ancient language / old expression | ![]() | |
| 古奇 | Gǔ qí | Gucci (brand) | ![]() | |
| 古训 | gǔ xùn | old adage / ancient teaching | ![]() | |
| 古稀 | gǔ xī | seventy years old | ![]() | |
| 古物 | gǔ wù | antique | ![]() | |
| 古币 | gǔ bì | old coin | ![]() | |
| 古史 | gǔ shǐ | ancient history | ![]() | |
| 古柯 | gǔ kē | (botany) coca (source of cocaine) | ![]() | |
| 古谚 | gǔ yàn | ancient proverb / old saying | ![]() | |
| 古榆 | olazo | ![]() | ||
| 古波 | Gǔ bō | Gubo (a personal name) | ![]() | |
| 古驰 | Gǔ chí | Gucci (brand) | ![]() | |
| 古蹟 | gǔ jì | variant of 古跡|古迹, place of historic interest / historical site | ![]() | |
| 古交 | Gǔ jiāo | see 古交市[Gu3jiao1 Shi4] | ![]() | |
| 古晋 | Gǔ jìn | Kuching (city in Malaysia) | ![]() | |
| 古坑 | Gǔ kēng | Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan | ![]() | |
| 古浪 | Gǔ làng | Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu | ![]() | |
| 古丽 | Gǔ lì | Gül (common female Uyghur name) | ![]() | |
| 古蔺 | Gǔ lìn | Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan | ![]() | |
| 古鲁 | gǔ lǔ | guru (loanword) | ![]() | |
| 古诺 | Gǔ nuò | Gounod (name) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer | ![]() | |
| 古塔 | Gǔ tǎ | Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning | ![]() | |
| 古田 | Gǔ tián | Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian | ![]() | |
| 古昔 | gǔ xī | (literary) ancient times / in olden days | ![]() | |
| 古县 | Gǔ xiàn | Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi | ![]() | |
| 古砚 | gǔ yàn | antique ink slab / CL:台[tai2] | ![]() | |
| 古冶 | Gǔ yě | Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei | ![]() | |
| 古义 | gǔ yì | ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word | ![]() | |
| 古音 | gǔ yīn | ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds | ![]() | |
| 古早 | gǔ zǎo | (Tw) old times / former times | ![]() | |
| 古宅 | gǔ zhái | former residence | ![]() | |
| 古丈 | 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] | ![]() | |
| 古镇 | gǔ zhèn | Guzhen | ![]() | |
| 古字 | gǔ zì | ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character | ![]() | |
| 古希腊 | gǔ Xī là | ancient Greece | ![]() |
| 古惑仔 | gǔ huò zǎi | gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth | ![]() |
| 古罗马 | gǔ Luó mǎ | ancient Rome | ![]() |
| 古时候 | gǔ shí hou | in ancient times / in olden days | ![]() |
| 古文明 | gǔ wén míng | ancient civilization | ![]() |
| 古代史 | gǔ dài shǐ | ancient history | ![]() |
| 古兰经 | Gǔ lán jīng | the Koran | ![]() |
| 古生物 | gǔ shēng wù | paleo-organism | ![]() |
| 古文化 | gǔ wén huà | ancient civilization | ![]() |
| 古人类 | gǔ rén lèi | ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis | ![]() |
| 古装剧 | gǔ zhuāng jù | costume drama | ![]() |
| 古玩店 | gǔ wán diàn | antique store | ![]() |
| 古墓葬 | gǔ mù zàng | ancient tomb | ![]() |
| 古生代 | 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 | ![]() |
| 古典派 | gǔ diǎn pài | classicists | ![]() |
| 古柯煳 | cocaïne mud | ![]() | |
| 古海啸 | paleotsunami | ![]() | |
| 古北界 | gǔ běi jiè | Palearctic realm | ![]() |
| 古城区 | Gǔ chéng qū | Old town district / Gucheng district of Lijiang city 麗江市|丽江市[Li4 jiang1 shi4], Yunnan | ![]() |
| 古盗鸟 | gǔ dào niǎo | Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur) | ![]() |
| 古登堡 | 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 | ![]() |
| 古典乐 | gǔ diǎn yuè | classical music (mainly Western) | ![]() |
| 古地磁 | gǔ dì cí | paleomagnetism | ![]() |
| 古董滩 | 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 | ![]() |
| 古烽燧 | gǔ fēng suì | ancient fire beacon towers (archaeological sites in Xinjiang) | ![]() |
| 古根罕 | Gǔ gēn hǎn | Guggenheim (name) | ![]() |
| 古环境 | gǔ huán jìng | palaeoenvironment | ![]() |
| 古交市 | Gǔ jiāo shì | Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原市[Tai4yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi | ![]() |
| 古柯硷 | gǔ kē jiǎn | cocaine | ![]() |
| 古柯碱 | gǔ kē jiǎn | (loanword) cocaine | ![]() |
| 古坑乡 | Gǔ kēng xiāng | Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan | ![]() |
| 古柯树 | gǔ kē shù | coca plant (source of cocaine) | ![]() |
| 古柯叶 | gǔ kē yè | coca leaf | ![]() |
| 古拉格 | gǔ lā gé | gulag (loanword) | ![]() |
| 古浪县 | Gǔ làng xiàn | Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu | ![]() |
| 古老肉 | gǔ lǎo ròu | sweet and sour pork / also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4] | ![]() |
| 古蔺县 | Gǔ lìn xiàn | Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan | ![]() |
| 古龙水 | gǔ lóng shuǐ | (loanword) cologne | ![]() |
| 古鲁鲁 | gǔ lǔ lǔ | (onom.) the sound of a rolling object | ![]() |
| 古纤道 | Gǔ Qiàn dào | Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province | ![]() |
| 古气候 | gǔ qì hòu | palaeoclimate | ![]() |
| 古塔区 | Gǔ tǎ qū | Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning | ![]() |
| 古田县 | Gǔ tián xiàn | Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian | ![]() |
| 古体诗 | gǔ tǐ shī | a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line | ![]() |
| 古铜色 | gǔ tóng sè | bronze color | ![]() |
| 古细菌 | gǔ xī jūn | archaebacteria | ![]() |
| 古新世 | Gǔ xīn shì | Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago) | ![]() |
| 古新统 | gǔ xīn tǒng | Palaeocene system (geology) | ![]() |
| 古雅典 | gǔ Yǎ diǎn | ancient Athens | ![]() |
| 古冶区 | Gǔ yě qū | Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei | ![]() |
| 古早味 | gǔ zǎo wèi | (Tw) traditional style / old-fashioned feel / flavor of yesteryear | ![]() |
| 古丈县 | 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] | ![]() |
| 古典音乐 | gǔ diǎn yīn yuè | classical music | ![]() |
| 古典文学 | gǔ diǎn wén xué | classical literature | ![]() |
| 古今中外 | gǔ jīn zhōng wài | at all times and in all places (idiom) | ![]() |
| 古色古香 | gǔ sè gǔ xiāng | interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc) | ![]() |
| 古往今来 | gǔ wǎng jīn lái | since ancient times / since times immemorial | ![]() |
| 古灵精怪 | gǔ líng jīng guài | weird / bizarre | ![]() |
| 古生物学 | gǔ shēng wù xué | palaeontology | ![]() |
| 古尔邦节 | 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 | ![]() |
| 古典语文 | classical language | ![]() | |
| 古美条约 | Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval Stations / Cuban-American Treaty | ![]() | |
| 古柯植物 | coca bush | ![]() | |
| 古地磁学 | palaeomagnetism | ![]() | |
| 古柯制品 | coca products | ![]() | |
| 古巴比伦 | gǔ Bā bǐ lún | ancient Babylon | ![]() |
| 古代海洋 | gǔ dài hǎi yáng | paleo-ocean | ![]() |
| 古典语言 | gǔ diǎn yǔ yán | classical language | ![]() |
| 古根海姆 | Gǔ gēn hǎi mǔ | Guggenheim (name) | ![]() |
| 古杰拉尔 | Gǔ jié lā ěr | Gujral (name) / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012), Indian Janata politician, prime minister 1997-1998 | ![]() |
| 古吉拉特 | Gǔ jí lā tè | Gujarat, state in west India | ![]() |
| 古井无波 | gǔ jǐng - wú bō | (idiom) calm and collected / unaffected by external influences | ![]() |
| 古今小说 | 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 | ![]() |
| 古里古怪 | gǔ lǐ gǔ guài | quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful | ![]() |
| 古墓丽影 | Gǔ mù Lì yǐng | Tomb Raider (computer game) | ![]() |
| 古墓葬群 | gǔ mù zàng qún | (archeology) burial complex | ![]() |
| 古气候学 | gǔ qì hòu xué | paleoclimatology | ![]() |
| 古人类学 | gǔ rén lèi xué | paleoanthropology | ![]() |
| 古似鸟龙 | gǔ sì niǎo lóng | Archaeornithomimus | ![]() |
| 古特雷斯 | Gǔ tè léi sī | António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002) | ![]() |
| 古文观止 | 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 | ![]() |
| 古文运动 | gǔ wén yùn dòng | cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song | ![]() |
| 古文字学 | gǔ wén zì xué | paleography | ![]() |
| 古希腊语 | Gǔ Xī là yǔ | Ancient Greek (language) | ![]() |
Approximate Results for 古 | ||||
| 蒙古 | Měng gǔ | Mongolia | ![]() | |
| 自古 | zì gǔ | (since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial | ![]() | |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology / to engage in archaeological studies | ![]() | |
| 千古 | qiān gǔ | for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) | ![]() | |
| 复古 | 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) | ![]() | |
| 远古 | yuǎn gǔ | antiquity / ancient times | ![]() | |
| 上古 | shàng gǔ | the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times | ![]() | |
| 仿古 | fǎng gǔ | pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style | ![]() | |
| 中古 | 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 | ![]() | |
| 太古 | tài gǔ | immemorial | ![]() | |
| 亘古 | gèn gǔ | throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present) | ![]() | |
| 怀古 | huái gǔ | to recall the past / to cherish the memory of past events / to reminisce / nostalgic | ![]() | |
| 博古 | Bó Gǔ | Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash | ![]() | |
| 作古 | zuò gǔ | to die / to pass away | ![]() | |
| 旷古 | kuàng gǔ | since the dawn of time / from the year dot | ![]() | |
| 庇古 | Bì gǔ | Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist | ![]() | |
| 吊古 | diào gǔ | to revisit the past / to commemorate | ![]() | |
| 访古 | fǎng gǔ | to search for ancient relics | ![]() | |
| 红古 | Hóng gǔ | Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu | ![]() | |
| 皇古 | huáng gǔ | ancient times | ![]() | |
| 稽古 | jī gǔ | to learn from the ancients / to study the classic texts | ![]() | |
| 近古 | jìn gǔ | near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times) | ![]() | |
| 览古 | lǎn gǔ | to visit historic sites | ![]() | |
| 萌古 | Méng gǔ | (archaic) Mongol | ![]() | |
| 拟古 | nǐ gǔ | to emulate a classic / to work in the style of a classic (author) | ![]() | |
| 泥古 | nì gǔ | stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative | ![]() | |
| 盘古 | Pán gǔ | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | ![]() | |
| 师古 | shī gǔ | following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style | ![]() | |
| 邃古 | suì gǔ | remote antiquity | ![]() | |
| 往古 | wǎng gǔ | in former times / in olden days | ![]() | |
| 内蒙古 | Nèi Měng gǔ | see 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4meng3gu3 Zi4zhi4qu1] | ![]() |
| 蒙古族 | Měng gǔ zú | Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia | ![]() |
| 朱古力 | zhū gǔ lì | chocolate (loanword) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] | ![]() |
| 考古学 | kǎo gǔ xué | archaeology | ![]() |
| 尼古丁 | ní gǔ dīng | (loanword) nicotine | ![]() |
| 蒙古国 | Měng gǔ guó | Mongolia | ![]() |
| 蒙古包 | měng gǔ bāo | yurt | ![]() |
| 新古典 | xīn gǔ diǎn | neoclassical | ![]() |
| 蒙古语 | Měng gǔ yǔ | Mongolian (language) | ![]() |
| 通古斯 | Tōng gǔ sī | Tungus | ![]() |
| 皮古税 | Pigovian taxes | ![]() | |
| 波来古 | Bō lái gǔ | Pleiku, Vietnam | ![]() |
| 德古拉 | Dé gǔ lā | Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker / Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula | ![]() |
| 复古会 | fù gǔ huì | anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培[Cai4 Yuan2pei2] / aka 光復會|光复会[Guang1fu4hui4] | ![]() |
| 龚古尔 | Gōng gǔ ěr | Goncourt (name) | ![]() |
| 红古区 | Hóng gǔ Qū | Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu | ![]() |
| 今古文 | jīn gǔ wén | Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1] | ![]() |
| 考古家 | kǎo gǔ jiā | archaeologist | ![]() |
| 考古题 | kǎo gǔ tí | questions from previous years' exams (Tw) | ![]() |
| 老古板 | lǎo gǔ bǎn | overly conservative / old-fashioned / old fogey / a square | ![]() |
| 蒙古里 | Měng gǔ lǐ | (archaic) Mongol | ![]() |
| 蒙古人 | Měng gǔ rén | Mongol | ![]() |
| 明古鲁 | Míng gǔ lǔ | Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) | ![]() |
| 名古屋 | Míng gǔ wū | Nagoya, city in Japan | ![]() |
| 那古屋 | Nà gǔ wū | Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling) | ![]() |
| 盘古氏 | Pán gǔ shì | Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology) | ![]() |
| 太古代 | Tài gǔ dài | Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago) | ![]() |
| 太古宙 | Tài gǔ zhòu | Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago) | ![]() |
| 唐古拉 | Táng gǔ lā | Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2] | ![]() |
| 外蒙古 | Wài Měng gǔ | Outer Mongolia | ![]() |
| 叙拉古 | Xù lā gǔ | Syracuse, Sicily / also written 錫拉庫薩|锡拉库萨[Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4] | ![]() |
| 颜师古 | yán shī gǔ | Yan | ![]() |
| 印古什 | Yìn gǔ shí | Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia | ![]() |
| 元古代 | Yuán gǔ dài | Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago) | ![]() |
| 元古宙 | Yuán gǔ zhòu | pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m) | ![]() |
| 作古人 | zuò gǔ rén | to die / to pass away | ![]() |
| 自古以来 | zì gǔ yǐ lái | since ancient times | ![]() |
| 尼古拉斯 | ní gǔ lā sī | Nicholas | ![]() |
| 稀奇古怪 | xī qí gǔ guài | crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange | ![]() |
| 名胜古迹 | míng shèng gǔ jì | historical sites and scenic spots | ![]() |
| 考古学家 | kǎo gǔ xué jiā | archaeologist | ![]() |
| 丽江古城 | Lì jiāng gǔ chéng | Lijiang old town (in Yunnan) | ![]() |
| 凤凰古城 | 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 | ![]() |
| 唐古拉山 | Táng gǔ lā shān | Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | ![]() |
| 一古脑儿 | yī gǔ nǎo r | variant of 一股腦兒|一股脑儿[yi1 gu3 nao3 r5] | ![]() |
| 奥古斯丁 | ào gǔ sī dīng | Augustine | ![]() |
| 奥古斯塔 | Aò gǔ sī tǎ | Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc) | ![]() |
| 食古不化 | shí gǔ bù huà | to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject | ![]() |
| 博古通今 | bó gǔ tōng jīn | conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed | ![]() |
| 亘古通今 | gèn gǔ tōng jīn | from ancient times up to now / throughout history | ![]() |
| 亘古未有 | gèn gǔ wèi yǒu | unprecedented / never seen since ancient times | ![]() |
| 贵古贱今 | guì gǔ jiàn jīn | to revere the past and despise the present (idiom) | ![]() |
| 厚古薄今 | hòu gǔ bó jīn | to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom) | ![]() |
| 借古喻今 | jiè gǔ yù jīn | to borrow the past as a model for the present | ![]() |
| 稽古振今 | jī gǔ zhèn jīn | studying the old to promote the new (idiom) | ![]() |
| 旷古未闻 | kuàng gǔ wèi wén | never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented / also written 曠古未有|旷古未有 | ![]() |
| 旷古未有 | kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu | never before in the whole of history (idiom) / unprecedented | ![]() |
| 年逾古稀 | nián yú gǔ xī | over seventy years old | ![]() |
| 泥古不化 | nì gǔ bù huà | conservative and unable to adapt (idiom) | ![]() |
| 千古罪人 | qiān gǔ zuì rén | sb condemned by history (idiom) | ![]() |
| 人心不古 | rén xīn bù gǔ | (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times | ![]() |
| 茹古涵今 | rú gǔ hán jīn | to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows) | ![]() |
| 万古千秋 | wàn gǔ qiān qiū | for all eternity (idiom) | ![]() |
| 希奇古怪 | xī qí gǔ guài | crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange | ![]() |
| 震古烁今 | zhèn gǔ shuò jīn | lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking | ![]() |
| 奥古斯都 | Aò gǔ sī dū | Augustus (name) | ![]() |
| 彪炳千古 | biāo bǐng qiān gǔ | to shine through the ages (idiom) | ![]() |
| 茶马古道 | 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 | ![]() |
| 蝶古巴特 | dié gǔ bā tè | (Tw) (loanword) decoupage | ![]() |
| 额尔古纳 | 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 | ![]() |
| 亘古不变 | gèn gǔ bù biàn | unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous | ![]() |
| 将今论古 | jiāng jīn lùn gǔ | to observe the present to study the past | ![]() |
| 借古讽今 | jiè gǔ fěng jīn | to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) | ![]() |
| 利古里亚 | Lì gǔ lǐ yà | Liguria, northwest Italy | ![]() |
| 留芳千古 | liú fāng qiān gǔ | a good reputation to last down the generations | ![]() |
| 轮台古城 | 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 | ![]() |
| 迈杜古里 | Mài dù gǔ lǐ | Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria | ![]() |
| 蒙古百灵 | Méng gǔ bǎi líng | (bird species of China) Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica) | ![]() |
| 蒙古大夫 | Měng gǔ dài fu | (coll.) quack (doctor) / charlatan | ![]() |
| 蒙古沙鸻 | měng gǔ shā héng | (bird species of China) Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) | ![]() |
| 蒙古沙雀 | Méng gǔ shā què | (bird species of China) Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus) | ![]() |
| 明古鲁市 | Míng gǔ lǔ shì | Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra) | ![]() |
| 南方古猿 | nán fāng gǔ yuán | Australopithecus | ![]() |
| 尼古西亚 | Ní gǔ xī yà | Nicosia, capital of Cyprus (Tw) | ![]() |
| 拟古之作 | nǐ gǔ zhī zuò | a work in a classic style / a pastiche | ![]() |
| 千古遗恨 | qiān gǔ yí hèn | to have eternal regrets (idiom) | ![]() |
| 前无古人 | qián wú gǔ rén | (idiom) unprecedented / unheard of | ![]() |
| 上古汉语 | shàng gǔ Hàn yǔ | Old Chinese (linguistics) | ![]() |
| 丝绸古路 | Sī chóu Gǔ lù | the ancient Silk Road / see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] | ![]() |
| 死海古卷 | Sǐ hǎi gǔ juàn | Dead Sea Scrolls | ![]() |
| 太古洋行 | Tài gǔ Yáng háng | Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank) | ![]() |
| 唐古拉峰 | Táng gǔ lā fēng | Dangla or Tanggula mountain on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau | ![]() |
| 谈古论今 | tán gǔ lùn jīn | to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything | ![]() |
| 瓦加杜古 | Wǎ jiā dù gǔ | Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso | ![]() |
| 万古长青 | wàn gǔ cháng qīng | remain fresh / last forever / eternal | ![]() |
| 万古长新 | wàn gǔ cháng xīn | to remain forever new (idiom) | ![]() |
| 乌伦古河 | Wū lún gǔ Hé | Ulungur River in Xinjiang | ![]() |
| 乌伦古湖 | Wū lún gǔ Hú | Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang | ![]() |
| 希奇古怪 | xī qí - gǔ guài | variant of 稀奇古怪[xi1qi2-gu3guai4] | ![]() |
| 稀奇古怪 | xī qí - gǔ guài | (idiom) crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange | ![]() |
| 贻范古今 | yí fàn gǔ jīn | to leave an example for all generations | ![]() |
| 中古汉语 | zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ | Middle Chinese (linguistics) | ![]() |
| 自由古巴 | Zì yóu Gǔ bā | Cuba Libre | ![]() |
| 内蒙古大学 | Nèi Měng gǔ Dà xué | Inner Mongolia University | ![]() |
| 新古典主义 | xīn gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì | neoclassicism | ![]() |
| 替古人担忧 | 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 | ![]() |
| 替古人耽忧 | 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 | ![]() |
| 冈瓦纳古陆 | Gondwana | ![]() | |
| 等轴古巴矿 | isocubanite | ![]() | |
| 尼古丁贴片 | nicotine patch | ![]() | |
| 咀嚼古柯叶 | coca leaf chewing | ![]() | |
| 埃及古物学 | Aī jí gǔ wù xué | Egyptology | ![]() |
| 德古西加巴 | Dé gǔ xī jiā bā | Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras (Tw) | ![]() |
| 额尔古纳河 | 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] | ![]() |
| 额尔古纳市 | 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 | ![]() |
| 法马古斯塔 | Fǎ mǎ gǔ sī tǎ | Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus | ![]() |
| 联合古大陆 | lián hé gǔ dà lù | Pangea or Pangaea | ![]() |
| 辽宁古盗鸟 | Liáo níng gǔ dào niǎo | Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province) | ![]() |
| 利古里亚海 | lì gǔ lǐ yà hǎi | Ligurian | ![]() |
| 圣奥古斯丁 | Shèng Aò gǔ sī dīng | St Augustine / Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher / Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany | ![]() |
