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Meaning of 昔

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Pinyin:
English Definition: former times; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
Chinese Definition:
①以前,从前:昔者。昔人。往昔。今昔对比。
②古同“夕”,夜。
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Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Ideographic: Twenty 廿 days ago
Character Formation:
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Example Words
昔日 former days; in the past
往昔 wǎng the past
今非昔比 jīn fēi things are very different now (idiom); times have changed
抚今追昔 jīn zhuī to reflect on the past in the light of the present (idiom)
今昔 jīn past and present; yesterday and today
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Example Sentences
1
So you think you' re ordering a healthy strawberry-banana smoothie, but it's really full of fat.
2
We must be home by six.
3
Not only is Wikipedia slowing, but also new stats suggest that hard-core participants are a pretty homogeneous set - the opposite of the ecumenical wiki ideal.
4
For the near future, the most likely outcome remains slow economic growth, scant income gains for most workers and, for investors, disappointing returns from stocks and real estate.
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Once upon a time, there was a man who was tired and thirsty from traveling. He drank some fresh running water from the wooden bucket.