往事 wǎngshì

HSK level

Traditional form

往事 wǎngshì

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

往 wǎng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 彳 chì and 止 zhǐ represent the meaning, and 王 Wáng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

王 Wáng

Semantic compound

彳 chì

Positional decomposition

⿰彳 chì ⿱？王 Wáng

Number of Strokes

事 shì

Explanation

The characters 史 Shǐ (history), 吏 lì (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and 事 shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又 yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

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春 chūn 花秋月何时 hé shí 了 le ,往事 wǎngshì 知 zhī 多少 duōshǎo ?

Spring flowers The autumn moon An endless string of living memories.

刚 gāng 烤 kǎo 好 hǎo 面包 miànbāo 的 de 香气 xiāng qì 使 shǐ 我 wǒ 忆起往事 wǎngshì !

That smell of freshly baked bread carries me back!

这 zhè 景象 jǐng xiàng 唤起 huàn qǐ 了 le 我 wǒ 对 duì 青年 qīng nián 时代 Shídài 许多 xǔduō 往事 wǎngshì 的 de 追 duī 想 xiǎng .

The scene awakened reminiscence of my youth.

当 dāng 我 wǒ 回想起来，往事 wǎngshì 全都 quán dōu 涌上了 le 心头 xīn tóu 。

When I thought about it, it all came back.

我 wǒ 不再 bù zài 去 qù 回忆 huíyì 那些 nà xiē 痛苦不堪的 de 往事 wǎngshì 了 le 。

I shut out the memory which was too painful to dwell on.

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 往事 wǎngshì and their own compounds.

往 wǎng

主 zhǔ

王 Wáng , 丶 diǎn

彳 chì

事 shì

See all 3 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 往事 wǎngshì in their composition.

往 wǎng

事 shì

剚 zì , 倳

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