何曾
hé céng
Pinyin

Definition

何曾
 - 
hé céng
  1. did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rèn hé
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 whatever
  3. 3 whichever
  4. 4 whatsoever
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
Zēng
  1. 1 surname Zeng
céng jīng
  1. 1 once
  2. 2 already
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
  1. 1 surname He
hé yǐ
  1. 1 (literary) why
  2. 2 how
hé cháng
  1. 1 (rhetorical question) when?
  2. 2 how?
  3. 3 it's not that...
hé bì
  1. 1 there is no need
  2. 2 why should
hé fāng
  1. 1 where?
hé shí
  1. 1 when
hé zhǐ
  1. 1 far more than
  2. 2 not just
hé kuàng
  1. 1 let alone
  2. 2 to say nothing of
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 what's more
hé děng
  1. 1 what kind?
  2. 2 how, what
  3. 3 somewhat
hé kǔ
  1. 1 why bother?
  2. 2 is it worth the trouble?
hé chù
  1. 1 whence
  2. 2 where
nài hé
  1. 1 to do something to sb
  2. 2 to deal with
  3. 3 to cope
  4. 4 how?
  5. 5 to no avail
wèi hé
  1. 1 why
wú kě nài hé
  1. 1 have no way out
  2. 2 have no alternative
  3. 3 abbr. to 無奈|无奈[wú nài]
sì céng xiāng shí
  1. 1 déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
  2. 2 seemingly familiar
  3. 3 apparently already acquainted
hé rén
  1. 1 who

Idioms (13)

人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
何乐而不为
hé lè ér bù wéi
  1. 1 What can you have against it? (idiom)
  2. 2 We should do this.
  3. 3 Go for it!
何济于事
hé jì yú shì
  1. 1 of what use is it
  2. 2 (idiom)
天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
  1. 1 there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
情何以堪
qíng hé yǐ kān
  1. 1 how can this be endured! (idiom)
成也萧何,败也萧何
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
  1. 1 lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
  2. 2 fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
  1. 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
有宝何必人前夸
yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā
  1. 1 There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
欲加之罪,何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
  1. 1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
  2. 2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
没有规矩,何以成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
谈何容易
tán hé róng yì
  1. 1 easier said than done (idiom)

Sample Sentences

在逃去如飞的日子里,在千门万户的世界里的我能做些什么呢?只有徘徊罢了,只有匆匆罢了;在八千多日的匆匆里,除徘徊外,又剩些什么呢?过去的日子如轻烟,被微风吹散了,如薄雾,被初阳蒸融了;我留着些什么痕迹呢?我何曾留着像游丝样的痕迹呢?我赤裸裸来到这世界,转眼间也将赤裸裸的回去罢?但不能平的,为什么偏要白白走这一遭啊?
zài táoqù rúfēi de rìzi lǐ ,zài qiānménwànhù de shìjiè lǐ de wǒ néng zuò xiē shénme ne ?zhǐyǒu páihuái bàle ,zhǐyǒu cōngcōng bàle ;zài bā qiān duō rì de cōngcōng lǐ ,chú páihuái wài ,yòu shèng xiē shénme ne ?guòqù de rìzi rú qīngyān ,bèi wēifēng chuī sàn le ,rú bówù ,bèi chūyáng zhēng róng le ;wǒ liúzhe xiē shénme hénjì ne ?wǒ hécéng liúzhe xiàng yóusī yàng de hénjī ne ?wǒ chìluǒluǒ láidào zhè shìjiè ,zhuǎn yǎn jiān yě jiāng chìluǒluǒ de huíqu ba ?dàn bù néng píng de ,wèishénme piān yào báibái zǒu zhè yī zāo ā ?
Living in this world with its fleeting days and teeming millions, what can I do but waver and wander and live a transient life? What have I been doing during the 8,000 fleeting days except wavering and wandering? The bygone days, like wisps of smoke, have been dispersed by gentle winds, and, like thin mists, have been evaporated by the rising sun. What traces have I left behind? No, nothing, not even gossamer-like traces. I have come to this world stark naked, and in the twinkling of an eye, I am to go to back as stark naked as ever. However, I am taking it very much to heart: why should I be made to pass through this world for nothing at all?