昔

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

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請幫我做個奶 昔 。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 851516)

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Words Containing 昔

• 昔日 昔日 xī rì: former days
• 今不如昔 今不如昔 jīn bù rú xī: things are not as good as they used to be
• 今昔 今昔 jīn xī: past and present
• 今非昔比 今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ: things are very different now (idiom)
• 修昔底德 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 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 古昔 gǔ xī: (literary) ancient times
• 奶昔 奶昔 nǎi xī: milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English \shake\ via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
• 宿昔 宿昔 sù xī: formerly
• 往昔 往昔 wǎng xī: the past
• 昔年 昔年 xī nián: former years
• 昔阳 昔阳 xī yáng: Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi
• 昔阳县 昔阳县 xī yáng xiàn: Xiyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi
• 美洛昔康 美洛昔康 měi luò xī kāng: meloxicam (anti-inflammatory drug)
• 阿昔洛韦 阿昔洛韦 ā xī luò wéi: aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug