昔
xī
former times
surname Xi; the past; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
他常常想起昔日和朋友们一起玩的时光。
tā cháng cháng xiǎng qǐ xī rì hé péng yǒu men yī qǐ wán de shí guāng。
He often thinks back on the days of the past when he played together with his friends.
今非昔比，这个小村子已经变成了一座大城市。
jīn fēi xī bǐ，zhè ge xiǎo cūn zi yǐ jīng biàn chéng le yī zuò dà chéng shì。
The present is not what the past was — this small village has already become a big city.
Words with 昔
阿昔洛韦
ā xī luò wéi
aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
今不如昔
jīn bù rú xī
things are not as good as they used to be
今昔
jīn xī
past and present
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
(idiom) things are very different now; times have changed
修昔底德
xiū xī dǐ dé
Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
修昔底德陷阱
xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
古昔
gǔ xī
(literary) ancient times
奶昔
nǎi xī
milkshake (Note: 昔[xi1] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
宿昔
sù xī
formerly
往昔
wǎng xī
the past
昔年
xī nián
former years
昔日
xī rì
former days