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- ancient
- ['eɪnʃənt]
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- [gǔyīn]
- Any of the pronunciations in Ancient China. Traditional phonology of China once took the sound of characters in Pre-Qin period, and Han Dynasties as the Ancient Pronunciation, and that of Sui and Tang Dynasty as the Present Pronunciation. Now the former is called Ancient Pronunciation, the latter Middle Ancient Pronunciation, and Ancient Pronunciation by a joint name.
- Referring to ancient cultural remains, e.g. ancient tombs, ancient buildings, and other art works such as calligraphy and paintings, ancient books, jades and precious stones, carved works, silk products, etc.
- Drugs made from the raw materials of the unique geographical environment in Tibet with an elevation of about 4000 meters and based on Tibetan medicine theory, integrating ancient Indian medical science, ancient Persian medicine science and ancient traditional Chinese medicine.
- Ancient percussion instrument and ancient cooking vessel, ancient bronze objects.
English Dictionary (1-2 of 2)
- ancient
- ['eɪnʃənt]
- 1. dating from very long ago
- 2. very old; aged
- 3. of the far past, esp before the collapse of the Western Roman Empire (476 ad ) - Compare medieval modern
- 4. having existed since before the time of legal memory
- 5. a member of a civilized nation in the ancient world, esp a Greek, Roman, or Hebrew
- 6. one of the classical authors of Greek or Roman antiquity
- 7. an old man
- 8. C14: from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin anteanus (unattested), from Latin ante before
- ancient
- ['eɪnʃənt]
- 1. a flag or other banner; standard
- 2. a standard-bearer; ensign
- 3. C16: changed from ensign through the influence of ancient 1
