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昔

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Definitions

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

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請幫我做個奶 昔 。
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Words Containing 昔

昔日
xī rì

former days

今不如昔
jīn bù rú xī

things are not as good as they used to be

今昔
jīn xī

past and present

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ

things are very different now (idiom)

修昔底德
xiū xī dǐ dé

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

修昔底德陷阱
xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

古昔
gǔ xī

(literary) ancient times

奶昔
nǎi xī

milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English \shake\ via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)

宿昔
sù xī

formerly

往昔
wǎng xī

the past

昔年
xī nián

former years

昔阳
xī yáng

Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi

昔阳县
xī yáng xiàn

Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi

美洛昔康
měi luò xī kāng

meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)

阿昔洛韦
ā xī luò wéi

aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug

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