陈旧
陈旧陳舊 chén jiù ㄔㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ can4 gau6 HSK 7-9
- old-fashioned; out of date; obsolete; antiquated
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
陈
- 陈列陳列 chén liè ㄔㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄝˋ can4 lit6 to display; to exhibit
- 陈述陳述 chén shù ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄨˋ can4 seot6 to state; to declare
- 新陈代谢新陳代謝 xīn chén dài xiè ㄒㄧㄣ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄞˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ san1 can4 doi6 ze6 metabolism (biology)
- 六陈六陳 liù chén ㄌㄧㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ luk6 can4 food grains (rice, wheat, barley, beans, soybeans, sesame)
- 坦陈坦陳 tǎn chén ㄊㄢˇ ㄔㄣˊ taan2 can4 to reveal
- 展陈展陳 zhǎn chén ㄓㄢˇ ㄔㄣˊ zin2 can4 to exhibit; to display
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
- 个旧個舊 Gè jiù ㄍㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ go3 gau6 see 個舊市|个旧市[Ge4 jiu4 Shi4]
- 做旧做舊 zuò jiù ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˋ zou6 gau6 to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
Idioms with these characters
- 暗渡陈仓暗渡陳倉 àn dù Chén cāng ㄢˋ ㄉㄨˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄘㄤ am3 dou6 can4 cong1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
- 陈陈相因陳陳相因 chén chén xiāng yīn ㄔㄣˊ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄧㄣ can4 can4 soeng1 jan1 (idiom) to slavishly follow old patterns; to stick to outdated conventions
- 陈规陋习陳規陋習 chén guī lòu xí ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧˊ can4 kwai1 lau6 zaap6 (idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
- 乏善可陈乏善可陳 fá shàn kě chén ㄈㄚˊ ㄕㄢˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄣˊ fat6 sin6 ho2 can4 (idiom) to be nothing to write home about
- 推陈布新推陳佈新 tuī chén bù xīn ㄊㄨㄟ ㄔㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄣ teoi1 can4 bou3 san1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
- 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