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Jyutping wong5 si6
Pinyin wǎng shì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. past events
  2. former happenings
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    人生​入​面​喺​過​去​發​生​嘅​事件​(​量​詞​:​段​/​件​)
    past event (of a vague time period) in one's life
    • 我唔想再提起啲往事。
      我唔想再提起啲往事。
      ngo5 m4 soneg2 zoi3 tai4 hei2 di1 wong5 si6.
      I have no desire to mention of those past events.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    past events; things in the past; the past; former happenings
    (syn.) 陈事, 陳事, 旧事, 成事, 往迹, 舊事, 往跡
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4271
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    照片使我忆起了很多往事。
    照片使我憶起了很多往事。
    zhào piàn shǐ wǒ yì qǐ le hěn duō wǎng shì 。
    • The picture brought back a lot of memories.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    往事喺我脑海中挥之不去。
    往事喺我腦海中揮之不去。
    • The past keeps lingering in my mind.
  2. Cantonese
    陈年 往事
    陳年 往事
    can4 nin4 wong5 si6
    • old stories
  3. Cantonese
    我唔想再提起啲往事。
    我唔想再提起啲往事。
    ngo5 m4 soneg2 zoi3 tai4 hei2 di1 wong5 si6.
    • I have no desire to mention of those past events.
  4. Cantonese
    呢段往事令佢五味纷陈。
    呢段往事令佢五味紛陳。
    lei1 dyun6 wong5 si6 ling6 keoi5 ng5 mei6 fan1 can4.
    • The past event brought him mixed feelings.
  5. Cantonese
    勾销往事
    勾銷往事
    • to clean the slate
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    而那些生活在光环中的明星和名人们,曾经也有过类似的经历,他们难忘的往事中也不乏趣闻和囧事……李想在高三时选择放弃高考,却成功创业,身价上亿。
    而那些生活在光環中的明星和名人們,曾經也有過類似的經歷,他們難忘的往事中也不乏趣聞和囧事……李想在高三時選擇放棄高考,卻成功創業,身價上億。
    ér nà xiē shēng huó zài guāng huán zhōng de míng xīng hé míng rén men , céng jīng yě yǒu guò lèi sì de jīng lì , tā men nán wàng de wǎng shì zhōng yě bù fá qù wén hé jiǒng shì . . . . . . lǐ xiǎng zài gāo sān shí xuǎn zé fàng qì gāo kǎo , què chéng gōng chuàng yè , shēn jià shàng yì .
    • The celebrities and notabilities now living under spotlights used to have similar experiences; there was no lack of amusing anecdotes and embarrassing moments in their unforgettable pasts ... Li Xiang dropped out of school during the third year of high school, choosing not to take the University Entrance Examination. Instead, he successfully started an enterprise, now worth hundreds of millions.
  2. Mandarin
    往事
    往事
    wǎng shì
    • past events
  3. Mandarin
    往事消散如云烟
    往事消散如雲煙
    wǎng shì xiāo sàn rú yún yān
    • bygones fade away, like cloud and mist dissolving in the air
  4. Mandarin
    永志不忘纪念 往事不如烟
    永誌不忘紀念 往事不如煙
    yǒng zhì bù wàng jì niàn , wǎng shì bù rú yān
    • But your story will be etched in stone, it won't disappear like a puff of smoke