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往事

wǎng shì

HSK 6 2-character word

What 往事 means

1. past events
2. former happenings

The characters in 往事

• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Example sentences

• 照片使我忆起了很多往事。
  Zhàopiàn shǐ wǒ yì qǐ le hěn duō wǎngshì.
  The picture brought back a lot of memories.

Words starting with 往事

• 往事如风wǎng shì rú fēngthe past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall
• 往事已矣wǎng shì yǐ yǐthe past is dead (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read wǎng shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 网室netted enclosure (protecting crops)