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(zēng) surname Zeng

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(céng) once; already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

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(zēng) great-grand (father, child etc)

曾国藩 (w)

(zēngguófān) Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man

曾外祖母 (w)

(zēngwàizǔmǔ) great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)

曾外祖父 (w)

(zēngwàizǔfù) great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)

曾孝谷 (w)

(zēngxiàogǔ) Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style

曾孙 (w)

(zēngsūn) great-grandson

曾孙女 (w)

(zēngsūnnǚ) great-granddaughter

曾几何时 (w)

(céngjǐhéshí) just a while before; not so long ago; everyone can remember when..

曾庆红 (w)

(zēngqìnghóng) Zeng Qinghong (1939-), politician, vice-president of PRC since 2003 and party secretary-general from 2007

曾朴 (w)

(zēngpǔ) Zheng Pu (1872-1935), novelist and publisher

曾祖 (w)

(zēngzǔ) great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)

曾祖母 (w)

(zēngzǔmǔ) father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother

曾祖父 (w)

(zēngzǔfù) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather

曾祖父母 (w)

(céngzǔfùmǔ) great-grandparents

曾纪泽 (w)

(zēngjìzé) Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia

曾经 (w)

(céngjīng) once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

曾经沧海 (w)

(céngjīngcānghǎi) lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life

曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云 (w)

(céngjīngcānghǎinánwéishuǐchúquèwūshānbùshìyún) there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom); one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

曾繁仁 (w)

(zēngfánrén) President of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000

曾荫权 (w)

(zēngyìnquán) Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)

曾都 (w)

(zēngdū) Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 shi4], Hubei

曾都区 (w)

(zēngdūqū) Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 shi4], Hubei

曾金燕 (w)

(zēngjīnyàn) Zeng Jinyan, wife of jailed dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[Hu2 Jia1] and active campaigner for his release

曾巩 (w)

(zēnggǒng) Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家