旧闻
jiù wén
Pinyin

Definition

旧闻
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jiù wén
  1. old anecdote
  2. stories passed on from former times

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

依旧
yī jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 still
怀旧
huái jiù
  1. 1 to feel nostalgic
  2. 2 nostalgia
新闻
xīn wén
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],個|个[gè]
闻
Wén
  1. 1 surname Wen
旧
jiù
  1. 1 old
  2. 2 opposite: new 新
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 worn (with age)
不闻不问
bù wén bù wèn
  1. 1 not to hear, not to question (idiom)
  2. 2 to show no interest in sth
  3. 3 uncritical
  4. 4 not in the least concerned
仍旧
réng jiù
  1. 1 still (remaining)
  2. 2 to remain (the same)
  3. 3 yet
传闻
chuán wén
  1. 1 rumor
喜闻乐见
xǐ wén lè jiàn
  1. 1 to love to hear and see (idiom)
  2. 2 well received
  3. 3 to one's liking
奇闻
qí wén
  1. 1 anecdote
  2. 2 fantastic story
废旧
fèi jiù
  1. 1 worn out
  2. 2 old-fashioned and dilapidated
徐闻
Xú wén
  1. 1 Xuwen county in Zhanjiang 湛江[Zhàn jiāng], Guangdong
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]
所见所闻
suǒ jiàn suǒ wén
  1. 1 what one hears and sees (idiom)
叙旧
xù jiù
  1. 1 to reminisce
  2. 2 to talk about former times
新闻网
xīn wén wǎng
  1. 1 news agency
照旧
zhào jiù
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 as in the past
破旧
pò jiù
  1. 1 shabby
绯闻
fēi wén
  1. 1 sex scandal

Idioms (20)

不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
不闻不问
bù wén bù wèn
  1. 1 not to hear, not to question (idiom)
  2. 2 to show no interest in sth
  3. 3 uncritical
  4. 4 not in the least concerned
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
博识洽闻
bó shí qià wén
  1. 1 knowledgeable
  2. 2 erudite (idiom)
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
喜闻乐见
xǐ wén lè jiàn
  1. 1 to love to hear and see (idiom)
  2. 2 well received
  3. 3 to one's liking
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
如是我闻
rú shì wǒ wén
  1. 1 so I have heard (idiom)
  2. 2 the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)
惨不忍闻
cǎn bù rěn wén
  1. 1 too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
  2. 2 appalling scenes of devastation
所见所闻
suǒ jiàn suǒ wén
  1. 1 what one hears and sees (idiom)
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)
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
  3. 3 also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi
  1. 1 lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
  2. 2 to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
汰旧换新
tài jiù huàn xīn
  1. 1 out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
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
百闻不如一见
bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn
  1. 1 seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others
  2. 2 seeing is believing
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
  1. 1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

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