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旧
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旧 jiù old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)
Results beginning with 旧
旧版 jiù bǎn old version
旧址 jiù zhǐ former site / old location
旧时 jiù shí in former times / the olden days
旧城 jiù chéng Old City
旧事 jiù shì old affair / former matter
旧货 jiù huò second-hand goods / used items for sale
旧日 jiù rì former times / olden days
旧书 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book
旧情 jiù qíng old affection
旧式 jiù shì old style
旧约 jiù yuē former agreement / former contract
旧居 jiù jū old residence / former home
旧部 jiù bù one's former subordinates
旧友 jiù yǒu old friend
旧业 jiù yè one's old profession / trade of one's forebears
旧貌 jiù mào old look / former appearance
旧地 jiù dì once familiar places / former haunts
旧病 jiù bìng old illness / former affliction
旧识 jiù shí former acquaintance / old friend
旧制 jiù zhì old system / weights and measures of former times
旧物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory
旧好 jiù hǎo old friendship
旧账 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
旧闻 jiù wén old anecdote / stories passed on from former times
旧称 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
旧历 jiù lì old calendar / the Chinese lunar calendar / same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]
旧年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
旧宅 jiù zhái former residence
旧怨 jiù yuàn old grievance / former complaint
旧俗 jiù sú former custom / old ways
旧案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute
旧都 jiù dū old capital
旧恶 jiù è old wrong / past grievance / wickedness of former times
旧故 jiù gù old friend / former acquaintance
旧观 jiù guān former appearance / what it used to look like
旧贯 jiù guàn old system / former rules
旧国 jiù guó old capital
旧疾 jiù jí old illness / former affliction
旧迹 jiù jì old traces / signs from the past
旧家 jiù jiā notable former families
旧交 jiù jiāo old friend / former acquaintance
旧教 jiù jiào old teachings / wisdom from the past / old church / Catholicism 天主教[Tian1 zhu3 jiao4] as opposed to Protestantism 新教[Xin1 jiao4]
旧例 jiù lì old rules / example from the past / former practices
旧梦 jiù mèng old dreams
旧名 jiù míng former name
旧派 jiù pài old school / conservative faction
旧前 jiù qián in the past / formerly
旧诗 jiù shī old verse / poetry in the old style
旧损 jiù sǔn old and damaged / in disrepair
旧态 jiù tài old posture / former situation
旧体 jiù tǐ old form of writing / piece in the old style
旧习 jiù xí old habit / former custom
旧学 jiù xué old learning / Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West
旧游 jiù yóu place one has previously visited / old haunts
旧雨 jiù yǔ old friends
旧知 jiù zhī old acquaintance / former friend
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旧金山 Jiù jīn shān San Francisco, California
旧时代 jiù shí dài former times / the olden days
旧唐书 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
旧大陆 jiù dà lù the Old World / Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸|新大陆[xin1 da4 lu4] or the Americas
旧调子 jiù diào zi old tune / fig. conservative opinion / the same old stuff
旧皇历 jiù huáng li old calendar / out-of-date customs
旧历年 jiù lì nián lunar New Year
旧体诗 jiù tǐ shī poetry in the old style
旧制度 jiù zhì dù old system
旧字体 jiù zì tǐ kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
旧货市场 jiù huò shì chǎng sale of second-hand goods / flea market
旧五代史 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
旧愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
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
旧地重游 jiù dì chóng yóu to revisit old haunts (idiom) / down memory lane
旧态复萌 jiù tài fù méng see 故態復萌|故态复萌[gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2]
旧病复发 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem
旧车市场 jiù chē shì chǎng second-hand car market / used bike market
旧景重现 jiù jǐng chóng xiàn evocation of the past
旧约全书 Jiù yuē quán shū Old Testament
旧石器时代 Jiù shí qì Shí dài Paleolithic Era
旧瓶装新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
旧金山会议  United Nations Conference on International Organization / San Francisco Conference
旧式行医者  traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer
旧民主主义革命 jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng old democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
旧的不去，新的不来 jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. / You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
旧金山同志骄傲大游行 jiù jīn shān tóng zhì jiāo ào dà yóu xíng San
Approximate Results for 旧
依旧 yī jiù as before / still
仍旧 réng jiù still (remaining) / to remain (the same) / yet
怀旧 huái jiù to feel nostalgic / nostalgia
废旧 fèi jiù worn out / old-fashioned and dilapidated
破旧 pò jiù shabby
陈旧 chén jiù old-fashioned
折旧 zhé jiù depreciation
老旧 lǎo jiù outmoded / old-fashioned
照旧 zhào jiù as before / as in the past
叙旧 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times
古旧 gǔ jiù archaic
守旧 shǒu jiù conservative / reactionary
念旧 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake
故旧 gù jiù old friends
恋旧 liàn jiù see 懷舊|怀旧[huai2 jiu4]
复旧 fù jiù to restore old way / to return to the past
话旧 huà jiù to reminisce
腐旧 fǔ jiù outmoded / decadent / decaying
个旧 Gè jiù Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
亲旧 qīn jiù relatives and old friends
四旧 sì jiù the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)
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折旧率 zhé jiù lu:4 rate of deprecation
翻旧账 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
个旧市 Gè jiù shì Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
怀旧感 huái jiù gǎn feeling of nostalgia
破四旧 pò sì jiù Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
守旧派 shǒu jiù pài the conservative faction / reactionaries
喜新厌旧 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù (idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes
除旧布新 chú jiù bù xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate
破旧立新 pò jiù lì xīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate
重温旧梦 chóng wēn jiù mèng to revive old dreams (idiom) / to relive past experiences
重温旧业 chóng wēn jiù yè to resume one's old trade (idiom)
重修旧好 chóng xiū jiù hǎo to make friends again / to renew old cordial relations
故旧不弃 gù jiù bù qì do not neglect old friends
新愁旧恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
几何折旧  geometric depreciation
折旧费用  depreciation charge
技术陈旧  technological obsolescence
不念旧恶 bù niàn jiù è do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects) / forgive and forget
陈规旧习 chén guī jiù xí old rules and customs
重操旧业 chóng cāo jiù yè to resume one's old trade (idiom)
重历旧游 chóng lì jiù yóu to revisit / to return to a previously visited spot
重提旧事 chóng tí jiù shì to raise the same old topic again / to hark back
除旧更新 chú jiù gēng xīn to replace the old with new (idiom)
恋旧情结 liàn jiù qíng jié dwelling on the past / difficulty in adapting to changes
弃旧图新 qì jiù tú xīn to turn over a new leaf
率由旧章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
送旧迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year
汰旧换新 tài jiù huàn xīn out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
新瓶旧酒 xīn píng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
一切如旧 yī qiè rú jiù everything as before
新瓶装旧酒 xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
意外陈旧过时  unforeseen obsolescence
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