ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
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
- 古时[word]ancient times
- 古玩[word]curio
- 古筝[word]guzheng, a kind of plucked musical instrument with twenty-five strings
- 古生物[word]ancient extinct life
- 古话[word]old saying
- 古书[word]ancient book
- 古堡[word]ancient castle
- 古希腊[word]ancient Greece/Greek
- 古文[word]prose written in the classical literary style; pre-Qin Chinese script
- 古井不波[idiom]impervious to desires and passions
- 古为今用[idiom]make the past serve the present
- 古今中外[idiom]ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign
- 古道热肠[idiom]considerate and warm-hearted
- 古里古怪[idiom]eccentric
- 古貌古心[idiom]having an ancient face and heart
- 古色古香[idiom]be with old world character/charm
- 古往今来[idiom]throughout the ages
- 古已有之[idiom]have existed since ancient times