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Chinese dictionary
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n.ancient times; former ages; antiquity
太古
remote antiquity
古往今来
from antiquity to the present
远古
remote antiquity
- 2
adj.sincere and simple
人心不古。
Public morality has degenerated.
- 3
n.a form of pre-Tang poetry
五古
Wu Yan poetry
- 4
n.Gu, a surname
Words and phrases with 古
- 古方[word]ancient prescription
- 古时[word]ancient times
- 古城[word]ancient city
- 古国[word]ancient country; country with a long history
- 古典[word]classical allusion; classical
- 古训[word]ancient maxim/precept
- 古画[word]ancient painting
- 古怪[word]eccentric
- 古书[word]ancient book
- 古色古香[idiom]be with old world character/charm
- 古貌古心[idiom]having an ancient face and heart
- 古井不波[idiom]impervious to desires and passions
- 古为今用[idiom]make the past serve the present
- 古里古怪[idiom]eccentric
- 古已有之[idiom]have existed since ancient times
- 古木参天[idiom]There are centuries-old trees reaching up towards the sky.
- 古往今来[idiom]throughout the ages
- 古今中外[idiom]ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign