旧书
jiù shū
Pinyin

Definition

旧书
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jiù shū
  1. second-hand book
  2. old book
  3. ancient book

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

依旧
yī jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 still
图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
怀旧
huái jiù
  1. 1 to feel nostalgic
  2. 2 nostalgia
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
书记
shū ji
  1. 1 secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
  2. 2 clerk
  3. 3 scribe
看书
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
旧
jiù
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 opposite: new 新
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 worn (with age)
读书
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
上书
shàng shū
  1. 1 to write a letter (to the authorities)
  2. 2 to present a petition
仍旧
réng jiù
  1. 1 still (remaining)
  2. 2 to remain (the same)
  3. 3 yet
出书
chū shū
  1. 1 to publish books
副书记
fù shū ji
  1. 1 deputy secretary
图书
tú shū
  1. 1 books (in a library or bookstore)
  2. 2 CL:本[běn],冊|册[cè],部[bù]
天书
tiān shū
  1. 1 imperial edict
  2. 2 heavenly book (superstition)
  3. 3 obscure or illegible writing
  4. 4 double dutch
废旧
fèi jiù
  1. 1 worn out
  2. 2 old-fashioned and dilapidated
念书
niàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
念旧
niàn jiù
  1. 1 to remember old friends
  2. 2 to cherish old friendships
  3. 3 for old time's sake
恋旧
liàn jiù
  1. 1 see 懷舊|怀旧[huái jiù]

Idioms (20)

不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
  1. 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
新愁旧恨
xīn chóu jiù hèn
  1. 1 new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒
xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
率由旧章
shuài yóu jiù zhāng
  1. 1 to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow a proven formula
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
旧地重游
jiù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane

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