古玩
gǔ wán
Pinyin

Definition

古玩
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gǔ wán
  1. antique
  2. curio

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

玩
wán
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to trifle with
  4. 4 toy
  5. 5 sth used for amusement
  6. 6 curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wàn])
  7. 7 to keep sth for entertainment
玩家
wán jiā
  1. 1 player (of a game)
  2. 2 enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
古
Gǔ
  1. 1 surname Gu
古代
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
古典
gǔ diǎn
  1. 1 classical
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
古老
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
好玩
hǎo wán
  1. 1 amusing
  2. 2 fun
  3. 3 interesting
好玩儿
hǎo wán r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 好玩[hǎo wán]
复古
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
朱古力
zhū gǔ lì
  1. 1 chocolate (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
玩儿
wán r5
  1. 1 to play
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to hang out
玩具
wán jù
  1. 1 plaything
  2. 2 toy
玩意
wán yì
  1. 1 toy
  2. 2 plaything
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 act
  5. 5 trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
玩意儿
wán yì r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 玩意[wán yì]
玩笑
wán xiào
  1. 1 to joke
  2. 2 joke
  3. 3 jest
玩耍
wán shuǎ
  1. 1 to play (as children do)
  2. 2 to amuse oneself
考古
kǎo gǔ
  1. 1 archaeology
游玩
yóu wán
  1. 1 to amuse oneself
  2. 2 to have fun
  3. 3 to go sightseeing
  4. 4 to take a stroll

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
  1. 1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
  2. 2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
彪炳千古
biāo bǐng qiān gǔ
  1. 1 to shine through the ages (idiom)
旷古未有
kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
  3. 3 also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
替古人担忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu
  1. 1 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  2. 2 crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
替古人耽忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu
  1. 1 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  2. 2 crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
玩世不恭
wán shì bù gōng
  1. 1 to trifle without respect (idiom); to despise worldly conventions
  2. 2 frivolous
玩火自焚
wán huǒ zì fén
  1. 1 to play with fire and get burnt (idiom); fig. to play with evil and suffer the consequences
  2. 2 to get one's fingers burnt
玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì
  1. 1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
  2. 2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will
稽古振今
jī gǔ zhèn jīn
  1. 1 studying the old to promote the new (idiom)

Sample Sentences

家具和家电不值几个钱。贵重物品保吗？比如金银首饰，古玩儿字画什么的？
jiājù hé jiā diàn bùzhí jǐ ge qián 。guìzhòng wùpǐn bǎo ma ？bǐrú jīnyínshǒushì ，gǔwánr zìhuà shénme de ？
Furniture and appliances are hardly worth anything. Do they cover valuables? Jewelry, antiques, paintings, what about that kind of thing?
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