1 surname Zeng

1 once

2 already

3 former

4 previously

5 ever

6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

1 déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)

2 seemingly familiar

3 apparently already acquainted

1 did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)

1 Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man

1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)

2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life

1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)

2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things