历届 lìjiè all previous (meetings, sessions etc)
How to remember 历届: 历 experience + 届 measure word for events that come round each year = all previous (meetings, sessions etc).
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How it is used
- 'All previous (sessions, terms, or holdings of a recurring event)' - 历届奥运会 (lìjiè Àoyùnhuì) all previous Olympic Games, 历届政府 successive administrations.
- The 届 counts numbered recurring events (conferences, games, graduating classes); 历届 = every one that has come before.