历届 (lìjiè) — successive; previous sessions or terms

Characters in this word

Strokes: 4
Radical: 厂 — cliff
Made of: 厂 cliff 力 strength, power
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

历届委员都关注预算透明度，但这一届首次把数据公开写入章程。 Lìjiè wěiyuán dōu guānzhù yùsuàn tòumíngdù, dàn zhè yí jiè shǒucì bǎ shùjù gōngkāi xiěrù zhāngchéng. Committee members in successive terms have all paid attention to budget transparency, but this term was the first to write data disclosure into the charter.
历届毕业生都会回学校参加校庆。 Lìjiè bìyèshēng dōu huì huí xuéxiào cānjiā xiàoqìng. Graduates of all previous years come back to the school for its anniversary.
今年的参赛作品比历届都精彩，评委们很难选出第一名。 Jīnnián de cānsài zuòpǐn bǐ lìjiè dōu jīngcǎi, píngwěimen hěn nán xuǎnchū dì yī míng. This year's entries are better than any previous edition's, and the judges find it hard to pick a winner.