往事已矣 — Chinese idiom
往事已矣
wǎng shì yǐ yǐ
Meaning
- the past is dead
Character by character
- 往wǎngto go, to depart; past, former
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 已yǐalready; finished; to stop; then, afterwards
- 矣yǐparticle of completed action
Idioms sharing a character
- 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng
- 一往无前 yī wǎng wú qián
- 人来人往 rén lái rén wǎng
- 既往不咎 jì wǎng bù jiù
- 无往不利 wú wǎng bù lì
- 熙来攘往 xī lái rǎng wǎng
- 独来独往 dú lái dú wǎng
- 礼尚往来 lǐ shàng wǎng lái
- 继往开来 jì wǎng kāi lái
- 迎来送往 yíng lái sòng wǎng
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