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古代
Traditional Chinese
古代
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
gǔ dài
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
gu2 doi6
Short definition ancient times
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions ancient timesCdict iconAdso icon / olden timesCdict icon /
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Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: ancient times; olden times; anciently; ancientry; eld
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: ancient times; olden times'
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守宫(shǒu gōng) gecko
(shā) sand
(shì) is
中国(zhōng guó) China
古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
用来(yòng lái) to use
验证(yàn zhèng) to confirm
女人(nv rén) wife
贞操(zhēn cāo) honor
(dedì) of
方法(fāng fǎ) way

Shougongsha is an old Chinese technique to test a woman's virginity.

未来的(wèi lái de) future
人类(rén lèi) mankind
: “
古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
文明人
(suǒ) place
创造的( chuàng zào de) created
(zhè) these
(tái) platform
U n i x
机器(jī qì) machine
(zōu) ,
它的( tā de)
历法(lì fǎ) variant of 曆法历法 calendar
(zhǐ zhīzhī) only
(dào) to go
2 0 3 8
(nián) year
1
(yuè) moon
1 9
(rì) sun
这一( zhè yī)
(tiān) sky
(jiù) only
为止(wéi zhǐ) until
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
因此(yīn cǐ) thus
我确信
(nà nā nā) Na
一天(yī tiān) one day
必将(bì jiāng) inevitably
(shì) is
地球(dì qiú) planet
灭亡(miè wáng) to perish
之日(zhī rì) day
。 ”
Person of the future: "The calendar of this Unix machine that the ancients built only goes up to January 19, 2038. As such, I am convinced that this marks the day of the Earth's destruction."

古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
中国(zhōng guó) China
没有(méi yǒu) not to have
椅子(yǐ zi) chair

There were no chairs in ancient China.

中国(zhōng guó) China
古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
没有(méi yǒu) not to have
(māo) cat
现在(xiàn zài) modern
我们( men) us
(suǒ) place
熟悉的(shú xī de) familiar
(māo) cat
其实是(qíshíshì)
很晚( hěn wǎn)
(cái) only then
(yóu) from
国外(guó wài) foreign
传入(chuán rù) afferent
中国的( zhōng guó de) sinic

In ancient China there were no cats; the cat that we are familiar with today was not imported into China from abroad until much later.

过年(guò nián) to pass the year
(chī) to eat
饺子(jiǎo zi) dumpling
(dedì) of
习俗(xí sú) (n) custom
(hé) with
中国(zhōng guó) China
古代的( gǔ dài de) paleo-
计时法(jì shí fǎ) time reckoning
有关(yǒu guān) to concern
中国(zhōng guó) China
古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
(bà) stem
每一天(měi yī tiān) every day
分为(fēn wéi) to subdivide
十二个( shí èr ge)
时段(shí duàn) time slot
每天(měi tiān) every day
开始(kāi shǐ) to begin
(shì) is
子时(zǐ shí) 11 pm-1 am
相当于(xiāng dāng yú) to be equivalent to
晚上(wǎn shang) night
1 1
点到(diǎn dào) points to
凌晨(líng chén) in the wee hours
1
(diǎn) to hint

The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time',; which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.

罗马(luó mǎ) Rome (capital of Italy)
以其(yǐqí)
古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
建筑(jiàn zhù) to build
(ér) with
闻名(wén míng) well-known

Rome is famous for its ancient architecture.

(wǒ) I
(fù) father
(qīnqìng) pro-
(duì) for
古代(gǔ dài) ancient times
历史(lì shǐ) history
有兴趣(yǒu xìng qù) to be interested

My father is interested in ancient history.

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