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"past history" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
来路 來路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
来 來 lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
往 wàng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous syn
曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn
来着 來著 lái zhe auxiliary showing sth happened in the past syn
一向 yī xiàng a period of time in the recent past / (indicating a period of time up to the present) all along / the whole time syn
高手 gāo shǒu expert / past master / dab hand syn
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past / to pass by
以往 yǐ wǎng in the past / formerly syn
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn
往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn
早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn
飞过 飛過 fēi guò to fly over / to fly past
遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn
一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng just as in the past (idiom) / as before / continuing as always syn
飞越 飛越 fēi yuè to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar
早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn
事迹 事跡 shì jì deed / past achievement / important event of the past syn
过往 過往 guò wǎng to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous syn
重蹈覆辙 重蹈覆轍 chóng dǎo fù zhé lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) / fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past / to repeat a disastrous mistake syn
往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn
昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn
缅怀 緬懷 miǎn huái to commemorate / to recall fondly / to think of the past syn
回首 huí shǒu to turn around / to look back / (fig.) to recall the past syn
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
身世 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history syn
照旧 照舊 zhào jiù as before / as in the past syn
入围 入圍 rù wéi to get past the qualifying round / to make it to the finals
往昔 wǎng xī the past syn
牢笼 牢籠 láo lóng cage / trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals) / fig. bonds (of wrong ideas) / shackles (of past misconceptions) / to trap / to shackle syn
掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle)
擦肩而过 擦肩而過 cā jiān ér guò to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death) syn
留存 liú cún to keep / to preserve / extant / to remain (from the past) syn
早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn
覆辙 覆轍 fù zhé the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past syn
追忆 追憶 zhuī yì to recollect / to recall (past times) / to look back syn
上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn
近日 jìn rì (in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days syn
近年来 近年來 jìn nián lái for the past few years syn
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
过去时 過去時 guò qù shí past tense (grammar)
素来 素來 sù lái consistently / always (in the past and now) syn
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties syn
触景生情 觸景生情 chù jǐng shēng qíng scene which recalls past memories (idiom) / evocative of the past / reminiscent / to arouse deep feelings syn
痛改前非 tòng gǎi qián fēi completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character syn
追述 zhuī shù recollections / to relate (past events) syn
前尘 前塵 qián chén the past / impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) syn
贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn
事过境迁 事過境遷 shì guò jìng qiān The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom). / It is water under the bridge. syn
他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn
明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn
悔不当初 悔不當初 huǐ bù dāng chū to regret one's past deeds (idiom) syn
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom) syn
通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
野史 yě shǐ unofficial history / history as popular legends
已往 yǐ wǎng the past syn
今昔 jīn xī past and present / yesterday and today syn
近现代史 近現代史 jìn xiàn dài shǐ modern history and contemporary history
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
陈迹 陳跡 chén jì past events / relics from a former age / ruins syn
过去 過去 guò qù (in the) past / former / previous / to go over / to pass by syn
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days
多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn
前几天 前幾天 qián jǐ tiān a few days ago / a few days before / the past few days / the previous few days
一直以来 一直以來 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always / for a long time now / until now
往前 wǎng qián (in) the past / ahead / forward / in the future
年来 年來 nián lái this past year / over the last years
在前 zài qián ahead / formerly / in the past
一闪而过 一閃而過 yī shǎn ér guò to flash past / to flit by
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
几天来 幾天來 jǐ tiān lái for the past few days
劳动人民 勞動人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn
来日 來日 lái rì future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days syn
复辟 復辟 fù bì to recover one's power or authority / restoration (of a past regime) syn
既往 jì wǎng past / bygone / the past syn
国史 國史 guó shǐ national history / dynastic history
遥想 遙想 yáo xiǎng to think about (the distant past or future) syn
怀古 懷古 huái gǔ to recall the past / to cherish the memory of past events / to reminisce / nostalgic syn
六点半 六點半 liù diǎn bàn half past six / 6:30
过去式 過去式 guò qu shì past tense
前事 qián shì past events / antecedent / what has happened
雪耻 雪恥 xuě chǐ to take revenge for a past insult / to expunge a disgrace or humiliation
迟暮 遲暮 chí mù past one's prime syn
先哲 xiān zhé the wise and learned individuals of the past syn
复旧 復舊 fù jiù to restore old way / to return to the past syn
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
曾 céng once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn
从没 從沒 cóng méi never (in the past) / never did syn
擦 cā to rub / to scratch / to wipe / to polish / to apply (lipstick, lotion etc) / to brush (past) / to shred (a vegetable etc) syn
晃 huǎng to dazzle / to flash past syn
昔 xī former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
掣 chè to pull / to draw / to pull back / to withdraw / to flash past syn
耳边风 耳邊風 ěr biān fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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