昔日
xī rì
Pinyin

Definition

昔日
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xī rì
  1. formerly
  2. in olden days

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
日
Rì
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress

Sample Sentences

我梦想有一天，在佐治亚的红山上，昔日奴隶的儿子将能够和昔日奴隶主的儿子坐在一起，共叙兄弟情谊。
wǒ mèngxiǎng yǒuyītiān ，zài zuǒzhìyà de hóngshān shàng ，xīrì núlì de érzi jiāng nénggòu hé xīrì núlìzhǔ de érzi zuò zài yīqǐ ，gòng xù xiōngdì qíngyì 。
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