Pinyin

Definition

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  1. former times
  2. the past
  3. Taiwan pr. [xí]
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  1. surname Xi

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

xī rì
  1. 1 formerly
  2. 2 in olden days
nǎi xī
  1. 1 milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
wǎng xī
  1. 1 the past
jīn bù rú xī
  1. 1 things are not as good as they used to be
jīn xī
  1. 1 past and present
  2. 2 yesterday and today
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
gǔ xī
  1. 1 (literary) ancient times
  2. 2 in olden days
  1. 1 surname Xi
xī nián
  1. 1 former years
  2. 2 previous years
Xī yáng
  1. 1 Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jìn zhōng], Shanxi

Idioms (1)

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed

Sample Sentences

那去喝奶昔吧!
nà qù hē nǎixī ba !
Then let’s go have a milkshake.
我梦想有一天,在佐治亚的红山上,昔日奴隶的儿子将能够和昔日奴隶主的儿子坐在一起,共叙兄弟情谊。
wǒ mèngxiǎng yǒuyītiān ,zài zuǒzhìyà de hóngshān shàng ,xīrì núlì de érzi jiāng nénggòu hé xīrì núlìzhǔ de érzi zuò zài yīqǐ ,gòng xù xiōngdì qíngyì 。