曾几何时

just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..

Characters and words in 曾几何时

surname Zeng
once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause)

= + + + : Mnemonic symbol: I think 曾 just looks like a firefly, with the head (with two feelers) at the top and the glowing body at the bottom.

The firefly is selling aloe vera out of a big wooden box in the kitchen of the Erechtheion. With a big microphone it is advertising the aloe. As it sees a mean crocodile and the King of Chu starting a big fight for the aloe, the firefly is very excited and states that it has never ever seen something like this before.
great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.
almost
how much / how many / several / a few
geometry / (literary) how much
surname He
what / how / why / which / carry

= + : Mnemonic symbol (from "carry"): baby sling

= + : In the elevator's kitchen, Rosa Luxemburg picks up the crying baby Hamlet from his bed of nails, puts him in his baby sling and tries to calm him down.
old variant of 時|时[shi2]
o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a giant pocket watch.

The sun (日) asks Sherlock Holmes (sh) out for a coffee in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). Looking at his pocket watch (时), Sherlock sees he has time, winks and "thumbs up" (寸).

Words with 曾几何时

曾几何时 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 曾几何时

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