變 電 站 biàn diàn zhàn : (transformer) substation

變 暖 biàn nuǎn : warming; changing to become warmer

變 壓 器 biàn yā qì : transformer

布 什 bù shí : (George) Bush (former US president)

嘗 [尝] cháng : indicator of past tense; to taste; flavor; already; ever; once; test; already; formerly

Big5: , Unicode: 5617 (嘗),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

陳 毅 chén yì : Chen Yi, former mayor of Shanghai and highest ranking military commander in China

從 前 cóng qián : previously; formerly

當 時 的 dāng shí de : of that time; former

佃 diàn : farmer

Big5: , Unicode: 4f43 (佃),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

東 德 dōng dé : (former) East Germany

改 革 者 gǎi gé zhě : reformer

戈 爾 巴 喬 夫 gē ěr bā qiáo fū : (former Soviet leader) Gorbachev

故 居 gù jū : former residence

過 去 guò qu : (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by

哈 貝 爾 hā bèi ěr : (Webster) Hubbell (former Associate Attorney-General)

韓 [韩] hán : (former) Chinese state; (surname)

Big5: , Unicode: 97d3 (韓),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

金 日 成 jīn rì chéng : Kim Il Sung (former North Korean leader)

舊 [旧] jiù : old (opposite of new); former

Big5: , Unicode: 820a (舊),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

李 光 耀 lǐ guāng yào : Lee Kuan Yew (former Prime Minister of Singapore)

盧 泰 愚 lú tài yú : Roh Tae-woo (former South Korean president)

洛 德 luò dé : (Winston) Lord (former assistant Secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs)

蒙 代 爾 mēng dài ěr : (Walter) Mondale (US ambassador to Japan, former US vice-president)

曩 nǎng : in former times

Big5: , Unicode: 66e9 (曩),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

農 夫 nóng fū : peasant; farmer

農 人 nóng rén : farmer

跑 江 湖 pǎo jiāng hú : to make a living as a traveling performer, etc.

前 qián : before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front

Big5: , Unicode: 524d (前),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

前 任 qián rèn : predecessor; ex-; former

前 蘇 聯 qián sū lián : former Soviet Union

前 者 qián zhě : the former

全 斗 煥 quán dòu huàn : Chun Doo Hwan (former South Korean president)

斯 特 凡 諾 普 洛 斯 sī tè fán nuò pǔ luò sī : Stephanopoulos (e.g. former Clinton aide George Stephanopoulos)

宿 sù : lodge for the night; old; former

Big5: , Unicode: 5bbf (宿),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

往 常 wǎng cháng : habitually in the past; as one used to do formerly; as it used to be

往 年 wǎng nián : in former years; in previous years

往 日 wǎng rì : in former days

往 事 wǎng shì : past events; former happenings

昔 xī : past; former

Big5: , Unicode: 6614 (昔),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

昔 年 xī nián : former years; previous years

昔 日 xī rì : formerly; in olden days

先 xiān : early; prior; former; in advance; first

Big5: , Unicode: 5148 (先),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

曏 xiàng : formerly

Big5: , Unicode: 66cf (曏),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

演 員 yǎn yuán : actor or actress; performer

以 前 yǐ qián : before; formerly; previous

以 往 yǐ wǎng : in the past; formerly

原 yuán : former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source

Big5: , Unicode: 539f (原),
Links: MT, Cantonese, Ld, Chinese Language

原 來 yuán lái : original; former; originally; formerly; at first

原 蘇 聯 yuán sū lián : former Soviet Union

原 先 yuán xiān : former; original

趙 紫 陽 zhào zǐ yáng : Zhao Ziyang (former Chinese leadership figure)