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HSK
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  *古* | 古* | *古
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ancient / old / paleo-
HSK 3
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
ancient text / antique books
unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous
classical music
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
Sino-Cuban / China-Cuba
medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
since ancient times / since times immemorial
ancient capital
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
ancient civilization
gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth
(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times
historical sites and scenic spots
a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
then and now / ancient and modern
ancient history
ancient city
ancient Greece
ancient castle
neoclassical
old tomb (archaeology)
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
antiquity
Cuba
costume drama
Gucci (brand)
(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial
classical
HSK 6
antique / curio
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
Inner Mongolia University
classical music (mainly Western)
Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Nicosia, capital of Cyprus (Tw)
antiquity / ancient times
(literary) ancient times / in olden days
(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
(loanword) nicotine
questions from previous years' exams (Tw)
former residence
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
ancient Rome
curio / antique
HSK 7-9
paleontologist; paleobiologist
ancient book / old book
archaeology / to engage in archaeological studies
near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
classicists
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
Outer Mongolia
Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
yurt
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
Guggenheim (name)
Nagoya, city in Japan
antique store
Mongol
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
unprecedented / never seen since ancient times
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
archaic
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
Mongolian (language)
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
Argun River of Mongolia and Heilongjiang province, tributary of Heilongjiang River 黑龍江|黑龙江
in ancient times / in olden days
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
classical literature
archaeology
ancient history
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker / Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
paleo-organism
ancient times
HSK 3
classical language
(Tw) old times / former times
Kuching (city in Malaysia)
ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word
ancient proverb / old saying
archaeologist
Archaeoraptor liaoningensis (bird-like dinosaur found in Liaoning province)

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