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古
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Definitions
- 1. ancient
- 2. paleo-
Example Sentences
1 shown古 今萬國綱鑑
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Words Containing 古
neoclassicism
Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc)
ancient
Gujral (name)
Fuxin Mongol autonomous county in Fuxin 阜新, Liaoning
Inner Mongolia University
to observe the present to study the past
Australopithecus
gulag (loanword)
antique
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市[táng shān shì], Hebei
Augustus (name)
former times
Gubo (a personal name)
Egyptologist
ruins of Luntai city, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[wǔ wēi], Gansu
coca plant (source of cocaine)
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character
classical music
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
guru (loanword)
vertebrate paleontology
then and now
Ancient Greek (language)
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[lú zhōu], Sichuan
(archeology) burial complex
ancient proverb
Pangea or Pangaea
Palaeocene system (geology)
ancient costume
unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
archaeology
Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)
ancient capital
classical language
the Koran
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gǔ qín] during Tang and Song times)
antique
Subei Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
Guggenheim (name)
to borrow the past as a model for the present
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002)
places of historic interest
palaeontology
Liguria, northwest Italy
Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[cháo yáng], Liaoning
Classical Chinese poem
remain fresh
prehistoric artifacts
sb condemned by history (idiom)
archaic
antique store
since ancient times
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
Tomb Raider (computer game)
Cuba Libre
Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago)
Pleiku, Vietnam
Syracuse, Sicily
Goncourt (name)
paleontologist; paleobiologist
in imitation of ancient style
Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877-1959), British economist
(literary) ancient times
ancient road
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom)
Project Gutenberg
weird
neoclassical
antique ink slab
Nagoya, city in Japan
ancient prescription
Gujarat, Indian state
at all times and in all places (idiom)
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
throughout time
bronze color
Argun River of Mongolia and Heilongjiang province, tributary of Heilongjiang River 黑龍江|黑龙江[hēi lóng jiāng]
archaeologist
since the dawn of time
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
in former times
Gujarat, state in west India
Cuba
to revisit the past
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gǔ tǐ shī]
Gustave Dore (1832-1883), French artist and sculptor
pseudo-classical
immemorial
near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
a good reputation to last down the generations
Ulungur Lake in Xinjiang
since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
Gucheng district of Lijiang city 麗江市|丽江市[lì jiāng shì], Yunnan
Outer Mongolia
St Augustine
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[xiāng xī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu]
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
quaint
Gustav Stresemann (Chancellor and Foreign Minister during the Weimar Republic)
Mongolia
classical music (mainly Western)
outmoded
to have eternal regrets (idiom)
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
ancient book
sweet and sour pork
for all eternity (idiom)
Mongolian language
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)
Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[lán zhōu shì], Gansu
(since) ancient times
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[liù jīng]
nicotine (loanword)
pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m)
(bird species of China) Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)
the Classics
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
since ancient times
to turn back the clock
antiquity
(bird species of China) Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
Henan Mengguzu Autonomous County in Qinghai
People's Republic of Mongolia (from 1924)
cocaine (loanword)
Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
Gutenberg (name)
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang
Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
archaeologist
gangster
Dead Sea Scrolls
former Ergun Left banner, now in Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus
Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[wǔ wēi], Gansu
ancient Rome
to learn from the ancients
remote antiquity
Weichang Manchu and Mongol autonomous county in Chengde 承德[chéng dé], Hebei
to die
never before in the whole of history (idiom)
costume drama
Gucci (brand)
unprecedented
crazy
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia
Dorbod Mongol autonomous county in Daqing 大慶|大庆[dà qìng], Heilongjiang
Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[lín fén], Shanxi
chocolate (loanword)
Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker
Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago)
to search for ancient relics
ancient character
curio
Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)
Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
former residence
ancient history
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: Mtsho-nub Sog-rigs dang Bod-rigs rang-skyong-khul) in Qinghai
Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原[tài yuán], Shanxi
crazy
for all eternity
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
ancient Greece
classicists
people of ancient times
ancient Athens
ancient castle
(bird species of China) lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus)
antiquity
Palearctic realm
Egyptology
classical literature
(coll.) quack (doctor)
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago)
ancient times
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
Sino-Cuban
Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
ancient civilization
former Ergun Right banner, now in Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
to shine through the ages (idiom)
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[lú zhōu], Sichuan
Mongol
Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
unique
to recall the past
Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原[tài yuán], Shanxi
paleomagnetism
Ulungur River in Xinjiang
Kuching (city in Malaysia)
to remain forever new (idiom)
to emulate a classic
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county or Qobuqsar Mongghul aptonom nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang
ancient language
the distant past
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[qīng zàng gāo yuán]
the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
from ancient times up to now
Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
a work in a classic style
Guggenheim (name)
Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang
ancient times
Gucci (brand)
(onom.) the sound of a rolling object
ancient teaching
ancient history
ancient country
Bengkulu (Indonesian town on the south coast of Sumatra)
Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Gounod (name)
paleography
ancient city
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom)
Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
Archaeoraptor (bird-like dinosaur)
to leave an example for all generations
flavor of yesteryear
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
never before in the whole of history (idiom)
archaeology
anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培
Gujarat, state in west India
to visit historic sites
conversant with things past and present
Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin
overly conservative
Tungus
ancient meaning
in ancient times
Mongolia
ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
stick-in-the-mud
(idiom) unprecedented
(bird species of China) bronzed drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
paleoanthropology
the ancient Silk Road
paleo-organism
paleoclimatology
strange
classical
Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[yáng guān], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries
yurt
ancient text
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom)
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
ancient Babylon
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
historical sites and scenic spots
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市[táng shān shì], Hebei