宿昔
sù xī
Pinyin

Definition

宿昔
 - 
sù xī
  1. formerly
  2. in the past

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

sù mìng
  1. 1 predestination
  2. 2 karma
sù shè
  1. 1 dormitory
  2. 2 dorm room
  3. 3 living quarters
  4. 4 hostel
  5. 5 CL:間|间[jiān]
xī rì
  1. 1 formerly
  2. 2 in olden days
宿
  1. 1 old variant of 宿[sù]
zhù sù
  1. 1 to stay at
  2. 2 lodging
  3. 3 accommodation
jiè sù
  1. 1 to stay with sb
  2. 2 to ask for lodging
nǎi xī
  1. 1 milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
sù shè lóu
  1. 1 dormitory building
  2. 2 CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
sù zuì
  1. 1 hangover
jì sù
  1. 1 to stay
  2. 2 to lodge
  3. 3 to board
wǎng xī
  1. 1 the past
guī sù
  1. 1 place to return to
  2. 2 home
  3. 3 final destination
  4. 4 ending
lù sù
  1. 1 to sleep outdoors
  2. 2 to spend the night in the open
èr shí bā xiù
  1. 1 the twenty-eight constellations
jīn bù rú xī
  1. 1 things are not as good as they used to be
jīn xī
  1. 1 past and present
  2. 2 yesterday and today
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
Bā sù
  1. 1 Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
gǔ xī
  1. 1 (literary) ancient times
  2. 2 in olden days
piáo sù
  1. 1 to spend the night at a brothel

Idioms (4)

今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
  1. 1 to stay out all night (idiom)
胸无宿物
xiōng wú sù wù
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
双宿双飞
shuāng sù shuāng fēi
  1. 1 lit. to rest and fly together (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live in each other's pockets
  3. 3 to be inseparable

Sample Sentences