old estate; former empire; former occupation
home; homeland; native place
that's why it is called...
former acquaintance; old friend
old classics; old customs; cause
old friend; deceased friend
country with an ancient history
native country; one's homeland
once familiar places; former haunts
old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
intentional; intentionally; deliberate; deliberately; on purpose; wilfully; intendedly
one's former self; back on form
a close friend over many years
old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
former track; old rut; stuck in old conventions
old road; old way; old course (of a river)
former capital; ancient capital
malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software)
fictional film; feature film
to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks
to play the profound thinker
artificial show of seriousness; to pretend to be solemn
descended from an old family
deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated
do not neglect old friends
fault resolution; trouble clearing
what for?; what's the reason?
allusion (to classic story or saying); classical quotation; parable
an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
as before; as usual; (to be) like old friends
anecdote; tales (esp. about historical figure)
to find a pretext for refusing
old friend; former acquaintance
therefore; so; consequently
old friend; correct interpretation
familiarity at first sight
old friends and relatives
not to stick to the old conventions
unworldly; unsophisticated
worldly wisdom; the ways of the world; to know how to get on in the world
accident causing injury or death
industrial accident; work-related injury
fellow countryman (from the same village); the folks back home
(lit.) to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
idiom that quotes a classic story
technical breakdown; malfunction
to troubleshoot; to check components individually for problems; troubleshooting
to ask a question, already knowing the answer
without relatives or friends
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
to return home with honor
to go through the motions
accident occurring due to negligence
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future