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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[céng]
  1. 1. adverb once

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[céng]
  1. 1. adverb onece; already; previously (indicating that an action once happened or a state once existed)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[céng]
  1. 1.
    到过海南岛
    前些天忙过一阵
    相识
  2. 2. 中间不是"田"。由""构成的字有"僧""蹭""增"等

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八国联军在进攻北京之前,遭到清军和义和团的有力阻击。
The Allied Forces of Eight Powers had to deal with rigorous resistence from the Qing government's army, and the Boxers before they took Beijing.
周恩来会见班禅额尔德尼·确吉坚赞。
Premier Zhou Enlai once met Panchen Erdeni Chosgyi Gyantsen.
金庸写过一篇文章叫《丙丁之岁》。
Jingyong, the famous novelist once wrote an article called “the age of fire”.
林肯经两次竞选参议员。
Lincoln ran for the Senate twice.
我也厕足于多个领域,可惜学业不精。
I have set foot in many fields, but have no particular expertise.
几何时,我们在这个校园度过了青春时光。
Not long ago, we spent our youth on this campus.
如果你有用名,也要填在这个表格里。
You have to write out your once-used names on this form if you have any.
远离别,安知慕俦侣。
People who have never experienced loss won't cherish their companion.
《离思》:“经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云。”
" Lisi" writes " It is difficult to be water for one who has seen the great seas, and difficult to be clouds for one who has seen the Yangtze Gorges."
他临终时经嘱咐过丧事从俭。
Before passing away, he asked that all unnecessary formalities should be dispensed with at his funeral.

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曾 and 曾经

and 曾经
céng and céngjīng

Both words indicate that something once happened before. 曾 is more literary than 曾经.
(1) 他曾经)在这里学习和生活了三年。
(2) 这里曾经)是一片荒凉。

曾 can be used in 不曾, 未曾, 何曾, 似曾, etc. 曾经 cannot be used in these phrases.
(3) 我只是听说过,但从来不见过他。
(4) 这件事他未听过。
(5) 他何吃过这么好吃的东西?

曾 can be used in idiomatic phrases such as 似曾相识 (seem to have met before). The negative form of 曾经 is not 不曾经, but 不曾 or 未曾.

这两个词都表示以前有过(一般已完成)某事或情况。“曾”较书面化。
“曾”可说“不曾”、“未曾”、“何曾”“似曾”等,“曾经”不能这样搭配。
“曾”可构成“似曾相识”等成语。
“曾经”的否定式不是“不曾经”,而是“不曾”,“未曾”。

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