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  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-
HSK 3
ancient times
HSK 3
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
classical
HSK 6
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
(idiom) unprecedented / unheard of
HSK 7-9
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
curio / antique
HSK 7-9
strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre
HSK 7-9
remain fresh / last forever / eternal
HSK 7-9
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
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)
archaeology
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
surname Gu
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial
Mongolia
pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
ancient text / antique books
ancient city
the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times
then and now / ancient and modern
Cuba
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
ancient capital
archaic
Gulang county in Wuwei 武威, Gansu
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
antiquity / ancient times
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)
for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead)
outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
immemorial
old tomb (archaeology)
antiquity
Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原
(literary) ancient times / in olden days
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
since the dawn of time / from the year dot
chocolate (loanword) / CL: 塊|块
since ancient times / since times immemorial
to recall the past / to cherish the memory of past events / to reminisce / nostalgic
historical sites and scenic spots
ancient language / old expression
lit. to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / fig. to be earthshaking
ancient country
ancient castle
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
antique / curio
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
ancient prescription
Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原, Shanxi
throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present)
Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc)
ancient book / old book
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
Subei Mongol autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange
unprecedented / never seen since ancient times
Ergun, county-level city, Mongolian Ergüne xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
Honggu District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu
conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
(idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times
antique
old adage; ancient teaching
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
near ancient history (often taken to mean Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing times)
to die / to pass away
to search for ancient relics
sb condemned by history (idiom)
old coin
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
Augustus (name)
Gujarat, state in west India
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
old Buddhist temple
Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
Tungus
to emulate a classic / to work in the style of a classic (author)
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
over seventy years old
the Koran
quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
Maiduguri, city in north Nigeria
Ingushetia, republic in southwestern Russia
for all eternity (idiom)
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject

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