往 wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
往事
wǎngshì
past events; bygone affairs
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 父亲很少提起那段往事，仿佛沉默本身就是一种保护。 Fùqīn hěn shǎo tíqǐ nà duàn wǎngshì, fǎngfú chénmò běnshēn jiù shì yì zhǒng bǎohù. Father rarely mentions those past events, as if silence itself were a form of protection.
- 童年的往事像一场梦，想起来总是很温暖。 Tóngnián de wǎngshì xiàng yī chǎng mèng, xiǎng qǐlái zǒngshì hěn wēnnuǎn. Childhood memories are like a dream — thinking back on them always feels warm.
- 每次同学聚会，大家都会聊起当年的往事。 Měi cì tóngxué jùhuì, dàjiā dūhuì liáo qǐ dāngnián de wǎngshì. At every class reunion, everyone talks about the events of years gone by.
Related words
- 往 wǎng toward (direction)
- 交往 jiāowǎng to have contact; to associate
- 前往 qiánwǎng to go to; to head for
- 往往 wǎngwǎng often
- 以往 yǐwǎng in the past
- 来往 láiwǎng to come and go
- 往后 wǎnghòu from now on, later
- 往来 wǎnglái to come and go
- 往年 wǎngnián past years
- 向往 xiàngwǎng to yearn for
- 过往 guòwǎng past; former; previous
- 礼尚往来 lǐshàngwǎnglái courtesy demands reciprocity; exchange of favours or gifts