| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 往 | 往 | wǎng | - to go (in a direction) - to - towards - (of a train) bound for - past - previous |
| 从 | 從 | cóng | - from - via - passing through - through (a gap) - past - ever (followed by negative, meaning never) - (formerly pr. [zong4] and related to 縱|纵) to follow - to comply with - to obey - to join - to engage in - adopting some mode of action or attitude - follower - retainer - accessory - accomplice - related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 既往 | 既往 | jìwǎng | - past - bygone - the past |
| 掣 | 掣 | chè | - to pull - to draw - to pull back - to withdraw - to flash past |
| 昔 | 昔 | xī | - former times - the past - Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
| 晃 | 晃 | huǎng | - to dazzle - to flash past |
| 老 | 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- old (of people) - venerable (person) - experienced - of long standing - always - all the time - of the past - very - outdated - (of meat etc) tough |
| 一向 | 一向 | yīxiàng | - always (previously) - a period of time in the recent past |
| 上古 | 上古 | shànggǔ | - the distant past - ancient times - antiquity - early historical times |
| 事迹 | 事跡 | shìjì | - deed - past achievement - important event of the past |
| 今昔 | 今昔 | jīnxī | - past and present - yesterday and today |
| 以往 | 以往 | yǐwǎng | - in the past - formerly |
| 来着 | 來著 | láizhe | - auxiliary showing sth happened in the past |
| 来路 | 來路 | láilù | - incoming road - origin - past history |
| 先贤 | 先賢 | xiānxián | - worthy predecessor - distinguished person of the past - former sage |
| 先达 | 先達 | xiāndá | - famous and virtuous ancestors - the great men of the past |
| 前事 | 前事 | qiánshì | - past events - antecedent - what has happened |
| 前尘 | 前塵 | qiánchén | - the past - impurity contracted previously (in the sentient world) (Buddhism) |
| 在前 | 在前 | zàiqián | - ahead - formerly - in the past |
| 宿昔 | 宿昔 | sùxī | - formerly - in the past |
| 已往 | 已往 | yǐwǎng | - the past |
| 吊古 | 弔古 | diàogǔ | - to revisit the past - to commemorate |
| 往事 | 往事 | wǎngshì | - past events - former happenings |
| 往例 | 往例 | wǎnglì | - (usual) practice of the past - precedent |
| 往昔 | 往昔 | wǎngxī | - in the past |
| 往时 | 往時 | wǎngshí | - past events - former times |
| 往迹 | 往跡 | wǎngjì | - past events - former times |
| 从先 | 從先 | cóngxiān | - (dialect) before - in the past - previously |
| 复旧 | 復舊 | fùjiù | - to restore old way - to return to the past |
| 怀古 | 懷古 | huáigǔ | - to recall the past - to cherish the memory of past events - to reminisce - nostalgic |
| 怀旧 | 懷舊 | huáijiù | - fond remembrance of times past - nostalgia |
| 掠过 | 掠過 | lüèguò | - to flit across - to sweep past - to glance (strike at an angle) |
| 晚近 | 晚近 | wǎnjìn | - most recent in the past - recent - late - recently |
| 历代 | 歷代 | lìdài | - successive generations - successive dynasties - past dynasties |
| 照旧 | 照舊 | zhàojiù | - as before - as in the past |
| 缅怀 | 緬懷 | miǎnhuái | - to commemorate - to recall fondly - to think of the past |
| 旧例 | 舊例 | jiùlì | - old rules - example from the past - former practices |
| 旧前 | 舊前 | jiùqián | - in the past - formerly |
| 旧恶 | 舊惡 | jiùè | - old wrong - past grievance - wickedness of former times |
| 旧教 | 舊教 | jiùjiào | - old teachings - wisdom from the past - old church - the Catholic church 天主教 as opposed to Protestantism 新教 |
| 旧迹 | 舊跡 | jiùjì | - old traces - signs from the past |
| 贤人 | 賢人 | xiánrén | - great person of the past - venerable forebear - the great and the good |
| 走过 | 走過 | zǒuguò | - to walk past - to pass by |
| 近代 | 近代 | jìndài | - 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) |
| 过去 | 過去 | guòqu | - (in the) past - former - previous - to go over - to pass by |
| 过往 | 過往 | guòwǎng | - to come and go - to have friendly relations with - in the past - previous |
| 过气 | 過氣 | guòqì | - past one's prime - has-been |
| 迟暮 | 遲暮 | chímù | - past one's prime |
| 遗风 | 遺風 | yífēng | - tradition or style from the past - old ways - surviving tradition - relic |
| 鉴戒 | 鑒戒 | jiànjiè | - lesson from events of the past - warning |
| 陈迹 | 陳跡 | chénjì | - past events - relics from a former age - ruins |
| 飞越 | 飛越 | fēiyuè | - to fly across - to fly over - to fly past - (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar |
| 飞过 | 飛過 | fēiguò | - to fly over - to fly past |
| 高手 | 高手 | gāoshǒu | - expert - past master - dab hand |
| 上辈子 | 上輩子 | shàngbèizi | - one's ancestors - past generations - a former incarnation |
| 前一向 | 前一向 | qiányīxiàng | - lately - in the recent past |
| 过去式 | 過去式 | guòqushì | - past tense |
| 过去时 | 過去時 | guòqùshí | - past tense (grammar) |
| 一闪而过 | 一閃而過 | yīshǎnérguò | - to flash past - to flit by |
| 不知丁董 | 不知丁董 | bùzhīDīngDǒng | - forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom) - unheeding the lessons of the past |
| 劳动人民 | 勞動人民 | láodòngrénmín | - working people - the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past |
| 呼啸而过 | 呼嘯而過 | hūxiàoérguò | - to whistle past - to hurtle past - to zip by |
| 将今论古 | 將今論古 | jiāngjīnlùngǔ | - to observe the present to study the past |
| 恋旧情结 | 戀舊情結 | liànjiùqíngjié | - dwelling on the past - difficulty in adapting to changes |
| 擦身而过 | 擦身而過 | cāshēnérguò | - to brush past |
| 明日黄花 | 明日黃花 | míngrìhuánghuā | - lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) - fig. outdated - thing of the past - dead letter |
| 源远流长 | 源遠流長 | yuányuǎnliúcháng | - 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 |
| 疾驰而过 | 疾馳而過 | jíchíérguò | - to sweep past - to hurtle past - to swoosh past |
| 翻然悔悟 | 翻然悔悟 | fānránhuǐwù | - to see the error of one's ways - to make a clean break with one's past |
| 旧景重现 | 舊景重現 | jiùjǐngchóngxiàn | - evocation of the past |
| 触景生情 | 觸景生情 | chùjǐngshēngqíng | - scene which recalls past memories (idiom) - evocative of the past - reminiscent - to arouse deep feelings |
| 过去分词 | 過去分詞 | guòqufēncí | - past participle (in European grammar) |
| 过去经验 | 過去經驗 | guòqujīngyàn | - past experience |
| 钟鸣漏尽 | 鐘鳴漏盡 | zhōngmínglòujìn | - past one's prime - in one's declining years |
| 过了这村没这店 | 過了這村沒這店 | guòlezhècūnméizhèdiàn | - past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom) - this is your last chance |
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