Past Experience or State
Indicates that something happened in the past or has been experienced before.
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Indicates that something happened in the past or has been experienced before.
A steaming pot (甑) with rising vapor (八) over a base (曰) — once or already, suggesting past events.
once
seem to have met before / have a familiar feeling
He has never seen the ocean.
He once studied in Beijing for three years.
She never expected it would rain.
I have been to Beijing for travel before.
My great-grandmother told me many stories from her youth.
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Characters from the same exam level.
Characters pronounced "ceng".
Characters with radical "曰".