撫今追昔 [抚－－－]

Jyutping fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1
Pinyin fǔ jīn zhuī xí

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to contemplate the present and recall the past with emotion; to recall the past and compare it with the present

撫今追昔 [抚－－－]

Jyutping fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1
Pinyin fǔ jīn zhuī xī

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. recall memories of the past while living in the present; compare the past with the present; one recalls the past
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    見​到​當下​情景​而聯​想到​過去
    to associate with something in the past after seeing the current situation
    • 佢望住呢條河，撫今追昔。
      佢望住呢条河，抚今追昔。
      keoi5 mong6 zyu6 ni1 tiu4 ho4, fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1
      He looked at this river for quite a while, associating with things that happened in the past.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to contemplate the present and recall the past with emotion; to recall the past and compare it with the present
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢望住呢条河，抚今追昔。
    佢望住呢條河，撫今追昔。
    keoi5 mong6 zyu6 ni1 tiu4 ho4, fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1
    • He looked at this river for quite a while, associating with things that happened in the past.