once; already; former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)[cedict]
surname Zeng; great-grand (father)[cedict]
见
jiànㄐㄧㄢˋ
xiànㄒㄧㄢˋ
to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview[cedict]
appear[cedict]
过
guòㄍㄨㄛˋ
(experienced action marker); to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-; surname Guo[cedict]
帝国
dì guóㄉㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
empire; imperial[cedict]
的
deㄉㄜ˙
díㄉㄧˊ
dìㄉㄧˋ
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive[cedict]