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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 曾
[céng]
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adverb
once
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 曾
[céng]
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1.
副
曾经
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曾到过海南岛
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前些天曾忙过一阵
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似曾相识
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未曾
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不曾
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中间不是"田"。由"曾"构成的字有"僧""蹭""增"等
Examples
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他的曾爷爷曾给当地县衙做过门子。
→ 门子
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几年前我曾见过她一面。
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I met her once several years ago.
→ 曾
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为了增产,他们曾尝试过各种方法。
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They have tried various ways to increase production.
→ 尝试
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她曾多次访问中国。
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She's visited China many times.
→ 多次
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历史上,黄河曾多次改道。
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The Huanghe River has changed its course many times over the centuries.
→ 改道
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他做地下工作时,曾因叛徒告密而被捕。
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When he was doing underground work he was arrested because a renegade informed against him.
→ 告密
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这部电影曾轰动一时。
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The film was a great hit.
→ 轰动一时
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孙中山曾长期流亡海外。
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Sun Yat-sen spent long years in exile abroad.
→ 流亡
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关于这个问题双方曾有默契。
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The two sides had a secret agreement on this question.
→ 默契
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县里曾三令五申,干什么都得按法律办事。
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The county repeatedly enjoined that everything must be done according to law.
→ 三令五申
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Character Decomposition
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曰
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nciku Note
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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。
Both words indicate that something once happened before.
曾 is more literary than 曾经.
(1)他曾经(曾)在这里学习和生活了三年。
(2)这里曾经(曾)是一片荒凉。
“曾”可说“不曾”、“未曾”、“何曾”“似曾”等,“曾经”不能这样搭配。
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,但从来不曾见过他。
(4)这件事他未曾听过。
(5)他何曾吃过这么好吃的东西?
“曾”可构成“似曾相识”等成语。
曾 can be used in idiomatic phrases such as 似曾相识 (seem to have met before).
“曾经”的否定式不是“不曾经”,而是“不曾”,“未曾”。
The negative form of 曾经 is not 不曾经, but 不曾 or 未曾。
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