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- once
- already
- ever (in the past)
- former
- previously
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
Trad. 曾參
- Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
- Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]
Trad. 曾經
- once
- already
- former
- previously
- ever
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
Trad. 曾鞏
- Zeng Gong (1019–1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the eight giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
Trad. 曾國藩
- Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
- Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
Trad. 曾慶紅
- Zeng Qinghong (1939-), vice-president of PRC 2003-2008
Trad. 曾紀澤
- Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
- Zeng Fanren, president of Shandong University from February 1998 until July 2000
Trad. 曾蔭權
- Sir Donald Tsang, aka Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944–), the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2005–2012)
Trad. 曾都區
- Zengdu, a district of Suizhou City 隨州市|随州市[Sui2 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
- Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[Hu2 Jia1]
Trad. 曾幾何時
- just a while before
- not so long ago
- everyone can remember when..
Trad. 曾經滄海
- lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
- fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
Trad. 似曾相識
- déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
- seemingly familiar
- apparently already acquainted