昔
日

Former days in Chinese: 昔日 (xī rì)

xī rì

former days

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Definitions

  1. 1former days
  2. 2in the past

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昔
日

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ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄖˋ

rì

ㄖ/ rˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这里已经不是昔日的小村庄了。

    zhè lǐ yǐ jīng bú shì xī rì de xiǎo cūn zhuāng le。

    This is no longer the small village it was in the past.

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Related words

日

rì

sun

生日

shēng rì

birthday

节日

jié rì

holiday

日记

rì jì

diary

日常

rì cháng

day-to-day

日程

rì chéng

schedule

日历

rì lì

calendar

日期

rì qī

date

日报

rì bào

daily newspaper

日子

rì zi

day

今日

jīn rì

today

假日

jià rì

holiday

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