| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 旧 | 舊 | jiù | - old - opposite: new 新 - former - worn (with age) |
| 仍旧 | 仍舊 | réngjiù | - still (remaining) - to remain (the same) - yet |
| 依旧 | 依舊 | yījiù | - as before - still |
| 个旧 | 個舊 | Gèjiù | - Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 古旧 | 古舊 | gǔjiù | - archaic |
| 四旧 | 四舊 | sìjiù | - the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution) |
| 守旧 | 守舊 | shǒujiù | - conservative - reactionary |
| 废旧 | 廢舊 | fèijiù | - worn out - old fashioned and dilapidated |
| 复旧 | 復舊 | fùjiù | - to restore old way - to return to the past |
| 念旧 | 念舊 | niànjiù | - to remember old friends - to cherish old friendships - for old time's sake |
| 怀旧 | 懷舊 | huáijiù | - fond remembrance of times past - nostalgia |
| 恋旧 | 戀舊 | liànjiù | - see 懷舊|怀旧[huai2 jiu4] |
| 折旧 | 折舊 | zhéjiù | - depreciation |
| 故旧 | 故舊 | gùjiù | - old friends |
| 叙旧 | 敘舊 | xùjiù | - to reminisce - to talk about former times |
| 照旧 | 照舊 | zhàojiù | - as before - as in the past |
| 破旧 | 破舊 | pòjiù | - shabby |
| 老旧 | 老舊 | lǎojiù | - outmoded - old-fashioned |
| 腐旧 | 腐舊 | fǔjiù | - outmoded - decadent - decaying |
| 旧事 | 舊事 | jiùshì | - old affair - former matter |
| 旧交 | 舊交 | jiùjiāo | - old friend - former acquaintance |
| 旧例 | 舊例 | jiùlì | - old rules - example from the past - former practices |
| 旧俗 | 舊俗 | jiùsú | - former custom - old ways |
| 旧制 | 舊制 | jiùzhì | - old system - weights and measures of former times |
| 旧前 | 舊前 | jiùqián | - in the past - formerly |
| 旧友 | 舊友 | jiùyǒu | - old friend |
| 旧名 | 舊名 | jiùmíng | - former name |
| 旧国 | 舊國 | jiùguó | - old capital |
| 旧地 | 舊地 | jiùdì | - once familiar places - former haunts |
| 旧址 | 舊址 | jiùzhǐ | - former site - old location |
| 旧梦 | 舊夢 | jiùmèng | - old dreams |
| 旧好 | 舊好 | jiùhǎo | - old friendship |
| 旧学 | 舊學 | jiùxué | - old learning - Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West |
| 旧宅 | 舊宅 | jiùzhái | - former residence |
| 旧家 | 舊家 | jiùjiā | - notable former families |
| 旧居 | 舊居 | jiùjū | - old residence - former home |
| 旧年 | 舊年 | jiùnián | - last year - the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) |
| 旧式 | 舊式 | jiùshì | - old style |
| 旧怨 | 舊怨 | jiùyuàn | - old grievance - former complaint |
| 旧情 | 舊情 | jiùqíng | - old affection |
| 旧恶 | 舊惡 | jiùè | - old wrong - past grievance - wickedness of former times |
| 旧态 | 舊態 | jiùtài | - old posture - former situation |
| 旧损 | 舊損 | jiùsǔn | - old and damaged - in disrepair |
| 旧故 | 舊故 | jiùgù | - old friend - former acquaintance |
| 旧教 | 舊教 | jiùjiào | - old teachings - wisdom from the past - old church - the Catholic church 天主教 as opposed to Protestantism 新教 |
| 旧日 | 舊日 | jiùrì | - former times - olden days |
| 旧时 | 舊時 | jiùshí | - in former times - the olden days |
| 旧历 | 舊曆 | jiùlì | - old calendar - the Chinese lunar calendar - same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4] |
| 旧书 | 舊書 | jiùshū | - second-hand book - old book - ancient book |
| 旧案 | 舊案 | jiùàn | - old court case - long-standing legal dispute |
| 旧业 | 舊業 | jiùyè | - one's old profession - trade of one's forebears |
| 旧派 | 舊派 | jiùpài | - old school - conservative faction |
| 旧版 | 舊版 | jiùbǎn | - old version |
| 旧物 | 舊物 | jiùwù | - old property (esp. inherited from former generation) - former territory |
| 旧疾 | 舊疾 | jiùjí | - old illness - former affliction |
| 旧病 | 舊病 | jiùbìng | - old illness - former affliction |
| 旧知 | 舊知 | jiùzhī | - old acquaintance - former friend |
| 旧称 | 舊稱 | jiùchēng | - old term - old way of referring to sth |
| 旧约 | 舊約 | jiùyuē | - former agreement - former contract - Old testament |
| 旧习 | 舊習 | jiùxí | - old habit - former custom |
| 旧闻 | 舊聞 | jiùwén | - old anecdote - stories passed on from former times |
| 旧观 | 舊觀 | jiùguān | - former appearance - what it used to look like |
| 旧诗 | 舊詩 | jiùshī | - old verse - poetry in the old style |
| 旧识 | 舊識 | jiùshí | - former acquaintance - old friend |
| 旧貌 | 舊貌 | jiùmào | - old look - former appearance |
| 旧货 | 舊貨 | jiùhuò | - second-hand goods - used items for sale |
| 旧贯 | 舊貫 | jiùguàn | - old system - former rules |
| 旧账 | 舊賬 | jiùzhàng | - lit. old account - old debt - fig. old scores to settle - old quarrels - old grudge |
| 旧迹 | 舊跡 | jiùjì | - old traces - signs from the past |
| 旧游 | 舊遊 | jiùyóu | - place one has previously visited - old haunts |
| 旧部 | 舊部 | jiùbù | - one's former subordinates |
| 旧都 | 舊都 | jiùdū | - old capital |
| 旧雨 | 舊雨 | jiùyǔ | - old friends |
| 旧体 | 舊體 | jiùtǐ | - old form of writing - piece in the old style |
| 亲旧 | 親舊 | qīnjiù | - relatives and old friends |
| 话旧 | 話舊 | huàjiù | - to reminisce |
| 陈旧 | 陳舊 | chénjiù | - old-fashioned |
| 个旧市 | 個舊市 | Gèjiùshì | - Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州 |
| 守旧派 | 守舊派 | shǒujiùpài | - the conservative faction - reactionaries |
| 怀旧感 | 懷舊感 | huáijiùgǎn | - feeling of nostalgia |
| 折旧率 | 折舊率 | zhéjiùlǜ | - rate of deprecation |
| 破四旧 | 破四舊 | pòsìjiù | - Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution) |
| 翻旧账 | 翻舊賬 | fānjiùzhàng | - to turn over old accounts - fig. to revive old quarrels - to reopen old wounds |
| 旧制度 | 舊制度 | jiùzhìdù | - old system |
| 旧唐书 | 舊唐書 | JiùTángshū | - History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls |
| 旧大陆 | 舊大陸 | jiùdàlù | - the Old World - Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸|新大陆[xin1 da4 lu4] or the Americas |
| 旧时代 | 舊時代 | jiùshídài | - former times - the olden days |
| 旧历年 | 舊曆年 | jiùlìnián | - lunar New Year |
| 旧皇历 | 舊皇曆 | jiùhuángli | - old calendar - out-of-date customs |
| 旧调子 | 舊調子 | jiùdiàozi | - old tune - fig. conservative opinion - the same old stuff |
| 旧金山 | 舊金山 | Jiùjīnshān | - San Francisco, California |
| 旧体诗 | 舊體詩 | jiùtǐshī | - poetry in the old style |
| 一切如旧 | 一切如舊 | yīqièrújiù | - everything as before |
| 不念旧恶 | 不念舊惡 | bùniànjiùè | - do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget |
| 喜新厌旧 | 喜新厭舊 | xǐxīnyànjiù | - lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old |
| 因循守旧 | 因循守舊 | yīnxúnshǒujiù | - (idiom) to continue in the same old rut - diehard conservative attitudes |
| 恋旧情结 | 戀舊情結 | liànjiùqíngjié | - dwelling on the past - difficulty in adapting to changes |
| 故旧不弃 | 故舊不棄 | gùjiùbùqì | - do not neglect old friends |
| 新愁旧恨 | 新愁舊恨 | xīnchóujiùhèn | - new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new |
| 新瓶旧酒 | 新瓶舊酒 | xīnpíngjiùjiǔ | - old wine in a new bottle (idiom) |
| 弃旧图新 | 棄舊圖新 | qìjiùtúxīn | - to turn over a new leaf |
| 汰旧换新 | 汰舊換新 | tàijiùhuànxīn | - out with the old and in with the new (idiom) |
| 率由旧章 | 率由舊章 | shuàiyóujiùzhāng | - to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) - to follow a proven formula |
| 破旧立新 | 破舊立新 | pòjiùlìxīn | - to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 旧五代史 | 舊五代史 | JiùWǔdàishǐ | - History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls |
| 旧地重游 | 舊地重遊 | jiùdìchóngyóu | - to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane |
| 旧愁新恨 | 舊愁新恨 | jiùchóuxīnhèn | - old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new |
| 旧景重现 | 舊景重現 | jiùjǐngchóngxiàn | - evocation of the past |
| 旧病复发 | 舊病復發 | jiùbìngfùfā | - old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse - fig. to repeat an old error - the same old problem |
| 旧约全书 | 舊約全書 | Jiùyuēquánshū | - Old Testament |
| 旧调重弹 | 舊調重彈 | jiùdiàochóngtán | - replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited - to keep harping on about the same old stuff |
| 旧货市场 | 舊貨市場 | jiùhuòshìchǎng | - sale of second-hand goods - flea market |
| 旧车市场 | 舊車市場 | jiùchēshìchǎng | - second-hand car market - used bike market |
| 送旧迎新 | 送舊迎新 | sòngjiùyíngxīn | - usher out the old, greet the new - esp. to see in the New Year |
| 重修旧好 | 重修舊好 | chóngxiūjiùhǎo | - to make friends again - to renew old cordial relations |
| 重提旧事 | 重提舊事 | chóngtíjiùshì | - to raise the same old topic again - to hark back |
| 重操旧业 | 重操舊業 | chóngcāojiùyè | - to resume one's old trade (idiom) |
| 重历旧游 | 重歷舊遊 | chónglìjiùyóu | - to revisit - to return to a previously visited spot |
| 重温旧梦 | 重溫舊夢 | chóngwēnjiùmèng | - to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences |
| 重温旧业 | 重溫舊業 | chóngwēnjiùyè | - to resume one's old trade (idiom) |
| 除旧布新 | 除舊布新 | chújiùbùxīn | - to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 除旧更新 | 除舊更新 | chújiùgēngxīn | - to replace the old with new (idiom) |
| 陈规旧习 | 陳規舊習 | chénguījiùxí | - old rules and customs |
| 新瓶装旧酒 | 新瓶裝舊酒 | xīnpíngzhuāngjiùjiǔ | - old wine in a new bottle (idiom) |
| 旧瓶装新酒 | 舊瓶裝新酒 | jiùpíngzhuāngxīnjiǔ | - lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework - (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite) |
| 旧石器时代 | 舊石器時代 | JiùshíqìShídài | - Paleolithic Era |
| 旧民主主义革命 | 舊民主主義革命 | jiùmínzhǔzhǔyìgémìng | - old democratic revolution - bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| 旧的不去，新的不来 | 舊的不去，新的不來 | jiùdebùqù,xīndebùlái | - lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come. - You can't make progress by clinging to old notions. |
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