old site / site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
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old city
old tomb
former home
former imperial palace
old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
descended from an old family
deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated
to revert to old ways
one's old self / one's original self / what one has always been
old estate / former empire / former occupation
therefore
stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative
premeditated murder
a close friend over many years
... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
former residence
a pile of old books
therefore
old friends
do not neglect old friends
old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)
historical ruins
rut (made by vehicles) / (fig.) conventional ways
old road / old way / old course (of a river)
former capital / ancient capital
complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices
old friends and relatives
not to stick to the old conventions
somehow
unworldly / unsophisticated
accidental exposure
to die / to pass away
worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world
accident causing injury or death
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
(idiom) back to where we were / absolutely no improvement / things haven't changed at all
to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
to find an excuse
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[]) / fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
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