复古 (復古)
fù gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

复古 (復古)
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fù gǔ
  1. to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. to turn back the clock
  3. neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

古
Gǔ
  1. 1 surname Gu
古代
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
复古
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
上古
shàng gǔ
  1. 1 the distant past
  2. 2 ancient times
  3. 3 antiquity
  4. 4 early historical times
亘古
gèn gǔ
  1. 1 throughout time
  2. 2 from ancient times (up to the present)

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)

Sample Sentences

也是，现下流行纸片人骨感风，但没准一个风向改变，又掀起一股凹凸有致玲珑性感复古风呢！
yě shì ，xiànxià liúxíng zhǐpiànrén gǔgǎn fēng ，dàn méizhǔn yī gè fēngxiàng gǎibiàn ，yòu xiānqǐ yī gǔ āotūyǒuzhì línglóng xìnggǎn fùgǔ fēng ne ！
Yeah, now the fashion is for paper-thin boniness, but who knows when things will turn around, and a retro wave for curvy voluptuousness!
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每天在值晚班准备打烊的时候，总会有一位女孩儿来买杯热拿铁外带。女孩儿的容貌挺漂亮，看上去气质也好，就是穿着打扮比较特别。2014年夏天的杭州那样炎热，她还是时常穿着一件复古风格的外套，看着有点儿像30年代的上海仕女穿越到现代的感觉。
měitiān zài zhí wǎn bān zhǔnbèi dǎyàng de shíhou ，zǒng huì yǒu yī wèi nǚháiēr lái mǎi bēi rè nátiě wàidài 。nǚháiēr de róngmào tǐng piàoliang ，kànshangqu qìzhì yě hǎo ，jiùshì chuānzhuódǎbàn bǐjiào tèbié 。èrlíngyīsì nián xiàtiān de Hángzhōu nàyàng yánrè ，tā háishi shícháng chuānzhuó yī jiàn fùgǔ fēnggé de wàitào ，kàn zhe yǒudiǎnr xiàng sānlíng niándài de Shànghǎi shìnǚ chuānyuè dào xiàndài de gǎnjué 。
There was always a girl who came to the shop and ordered a cup of latte to go when QinYu was working the night shift and was about to close. She had quite a pretty face and she looked elegant, although her outfit was somehow special. In 2014, the summer in Hangzhou was pretty hot, but she’s still wearing the vintage style jacket all the time. She looked a bit like a Shanghai lady in the 1930s, traveling to the present.
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它有一种八零年代的复古的感觉。
tā yǒu yīzhǒng bā líng niándài de fùgǔ de gǎnjué 。
It has a retro 80's feel to it.
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复古
fùgǔ
retro
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