做旧
做旧做舊 zuò jiù ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ zou6 gau6
- to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
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More words with these characters
做
- 做事 zuò shì ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ zou6 si6 to work
- 做人 zuò rén ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄖㄣˊ zou6 jan4 to conduct oneself
- 做到 zuò dào ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ zou6 dou3 to accomplish
- 做梦做夢 zuò mèng ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄇㄥˋ zou6 mung6 to dream; to have a dream; (fig.) to indulge in wishful thinking
- 做客 zuò kè ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄎㄜˋ zou6 haak3 to be a guest or visitor
- 做法 zuò fǎ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄚˇ zou6 faat3 way of handling sth
旧
- 仍旧仍舊 réng jiù ㄖㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ jing4 gau6 still (remaining)
- 依旧依舊 yī jiù ㄧ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ji1 gau6 as before; still
- 怀旧懷舊 huái jiù ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ waai4 gau6 to feel nostalgic
- 破旧破舊 pò jiù ㄆㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ po3 gau6 shabby
- 陈旧陳舊 chén jiù ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ can4 gau6 old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
- 个旧個舊 Gè jiù ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ go3 gau6 see 個舊市|个旧市[Ge4 jiu4 Shi4]
Idioms with these characters
- 光说不做光說不做 guāng shuō bù zuò ㄍㄨㄤ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ gwong1 syut3 bat1 zou6 (idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice
- 好吃懒做好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò ㄏㄠˋ ㄔ ㄌㄢˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ hou3 hek3 laan5 zou6 happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom)
- 说到做到說到做到 shuō dào zuò dào ㄕㄨㄛ ㄉㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ syut3 dou3 zou6 dou3 to be as good as one's word (idiom)
- 小题大做小題大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ siu2 tai4 daai6 zou6 to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)
- 做好做歹 zuò hǎo zuò dǎi ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄠˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄞˇ zou6 hou2 zou6 daai2 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn
- 不念旧恶不念舊惡 bù niàn jiù è ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄜˋ bat1 nim6 gau6 ok3 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
- 重操旧业重操舊業 chóng cāo jiù yè ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄝˋ cung4 cou1 gau6 jip6 to resume one's old trade (idiom)
- 重温旧梦重溫舊夢 chóng wēn jiù mèng ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄇㄥˋ cung4 wan1 gau6 mung6 to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
- 重温旧业重溫舊業 chóng wēn jiù yè ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧㄝˋ cung4 wan1 gau6 jip6 to resume one's old trade (idiom)
- 除旧布新除舊布新 chú jiù bù xīn ㄔㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣ ceoi4 gau6 bou3 san1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate