昔日
xīrì
former days, the past
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 昔日的小渔村,如今已成了繁华都市。The little fishing village of old is now a bustling metropolis.
- 他常常怀念昔日的好友。He often misses his friends from former days.
Collocations
昔日的辉煌昔日好友昔日时光不如昔日
Mnemonic
昔 xī "former" + 日 rì "day": days of old, former times. Literary, set against 今日 "today". The single morpheme 昔 already means "the past", recurring in 今昔, 往昔, 昔年.
Related
往日从前过去往昔
Quick check
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