past events / former times
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
in former years / in olden days
(coll.) (to beat etc) to death
to belittle / to attack sb
to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
past events / former times
to contact / to have dealings (with sb)
contrary to what usually happens
as usual
deeply attached / devoted
see 一往無前|一往无前[]
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[]
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
see 勇往直前[]
(formal) to go to / to head for
since ancient times / since times immemorial
the past
to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often
from here on
one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
thoughts wandering far away
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
past / bygone / the past
(idiom) to be successful in every endeavor
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
see 獨來獨往|独来独往[]
blunt / outspoken
to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
see 胳膊肘朝外拐[]
to change (to final stretch of journey)
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom) / busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
see 迎來送往|迎来送往[]
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs) / studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27