fù gǔdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
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復古 复古 [fu4 gu3] /to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)/to turn back the clock/neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文/retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)/

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复古
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