Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 旧

old
opposite: new 新
former
worn (with age)

old learning
Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West

second-hand goods
used items for sale

to feel nostalgic
nostalgia

old friend
former acquaintance

old style

former acquaintance
old friend

outmoded
decadent
decaying

old and damaged
in disrepair

relatives and old friends

place one has previously visited
old haunts

old illness
former affliction

old version

shabby

old acquaintance
former friend

old system
former rules

archaic

old affection

former appearance
what it used to look like

old wrong
past grievance
wickedness of former times

in the past
formerly

old habit
former custom

old calendar
the Chinese lunar calendar
same as 農曆／农历 (nónglì)

the Four Olds (target of the Cultural Revolution)

to reminisce
to talk about former times

Old Testament

old term
old way of referring to sth

old affair
former matter

conservative
reactionary

old form of writing
piece in the old style

still (remaining)
to remain (the same)
yet

old rules
example from the past
former practices

old friends

old verse
poetry in the old style

worn out
old-fashioned and dilapidated

Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州／红河哈尼族彝族自治州 ( Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu)

old court case
long-standing legal dispute

old posture
former situation

old property (esp. inherited from former generation)
former territory

old grievance
former complaint

outdated news
old anecdote; stories passed on from former times

old friendship

see 懷舊／怀旧 (huáijiù)

old teachings; wisdom from the past

old illness
former affliction

to restore old way
to return to the past

one's former subordinates

old friend
former acquaintance

old capital

second-hand book
old book
ancient book

depreciation

former residence

former site; old location

as before
as in the past

once familiar places
former haunts

old friend

old traces
signs from the past

old school
conservative faction

to reminisce

last year
the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)

former times
olden days

notable former families

old residence
former home

old capital

former name

former agreement
former contract

old dreams

the Old Religion (i.e. Roman Catholicism) 天主教 ( Tiānzhujiāo), as opposed to Protestantism 新教 ( Xinjiāo)

in former times
the olden days

lit. old account
old debt
fig. old scores to settle
old quarrels
old grudge

to remember old friends
to cherish old friendships
for old time's sake

old system
weights and measures of former times

former custom; old ways

as before; still

one's old profession
trade of one's forebears

old-fashioned

outmoded
old-fashioned

old look
former appearance

old friends

lunar New Year

poetry in the old style

the Old World
Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸／新大陆 (xīndàlù) or the Americas

old calendar
out-of-date customs

to turn over old accounts
fig. to revive old quarrels
to reopen old wounds

rate of deprecation

kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946

person who sticks to old ways; a diehard; a conservative

old tune
fig. conservative opinion
the same old stuff

History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫／刘昫 ( Liú Xù) in 945 during Later Jin 後晉／后晋 ( Hòu Jìn) of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls

feeling of nostalgia

former times
the olden days

Gejiu, county-level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州／红河哈尼族彝族自治州 ( Hónghé Hānízú Yízú Zìzhìzhōu)

Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)

San Francisco, California

chújiùbùxīn

to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

to turn over a new leaf

jiùchēshìchǎng

second-hand car market
used bike market

xīnpíngjiùjiǔ

old wine in a new bottle (idiom)

jiùhuòshìchǎng

sale of second-hand goods
flea market

yīnxúnshǒujiù

(idiom) to continue in the same old rut
diehard conservative attitudes

chónglìjiùyóu

to revisit
to return to a previously visited spot

Jiùyuēquánshū

Old Testament

chóngtíjiùshì

to raise the same old topic again
to hark back

Jiù Wǔdàishǐ

History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 ( Ershísì Shǐ), compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 ( Xuē Jūzhèng) in 974 during Northern Song 北宋 ( Běi Sòng), 150 scrolls

tàijiùhuànxīn

out with the old and in with the new (idiom)

do not neglect old friends

chújiùgēngxīn

to replace the old with new (idiom)

chénguījiùxí

old rules and customs

chóngcāojiùyè

to resume one's old trade (idiom)

shuàiyóujiùzhāng

to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
to follow a proven formula

sòngjiùyíngxīn

usher out the old, greet the new
esp. to see in the New Year

chóngxiūjiùhǎo

to make friends again
to renew old cordial relations

bùniànjiù'è

do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget

everything as before

chóngwēnjiùyè

to resume one's old trade (idiom)

jiùtàifùméng

see 故態復萌／故态复萌 (gùtàifùméng)

chóngwēnjiùmèng

to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences

xǐxīnyànjiù

lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

xīnchóujiùhèn

new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

jiùdiàochóngtán

replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited
to keep harping on about the same old stuff

liànjiùqíngjié

dwelling on the past
difficulty in adapting to changes

jiùdìchóngyóu

to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane

jiùjǐngchóngxiàn

evocation of the past

jiùbìngfùfā

old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
fig. to repeat an old error
the same old problem

jiùchóuxīnhèn

old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

jiùpíngzhuāngxīnjiǔ

旧瓶装新酒

[舊瓶裝新酒]

lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

Jiùshíqì Shídài

旧石器时代

[舊石器時代]

Paleolithic Era

xīnpíngzhuāngjiùjiǔ

新瓶装旧酒

[新瓶裝舊酒]

old wine in a new bottle (idiom)

jiùmínzhǔzhǔyìgémìng

旧民主主义革命

[舊民主主義革命]

old democratic revolution
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

jiùdebùqù,xīndebùlái

旧的不去，新的不来

[舊的不去，新的不來]

lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.