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HSK
to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
HSK 3
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  *往* | 往* | *往
to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous
HSK 2
to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
HSK 3
usually / in many cases / more often than not
HSK 3
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
HSK 7-9
in former years; in previous years
HSK 6
past events / former happenings
HSK 7-9
in the past; formerly
HSK 5
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
since ancient times / since times immemorial
as usual
to go back and forth; to go to and fro; to do a round trip
HSK 7-9
to run away / to go into exile
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
usual / customary
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *往* | 往* | *往
old variant of
HSK 2
to yearn for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
to lead to
HSK 7-9
to come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
former days; the past
HSK 7-9
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous
HSK 7-9
to hurry to (somewhere)
HSK 7-9
the past
to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often
to contact; to have dealings (with sb)
thoughts wandering far away
one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
blunt / outspoken
to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part)
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones / There is no point in crying over spilt milk.
to be fascinated / to be rapt / to long for / to dream of
past / bygone / the past
the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
(of a vehicle, boat etc) to travel to; to head for
out / outbound / departing
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion
deeply attached / devoted
in former times / in olden days
(idiom) to be successful in every endeavor
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
former sessions / former years
from here on
(idiom) contrary to what usually happens
(usual) practice of the past / precedent
to change (to final stretch of journey)
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
the past
the past is dead (idiom)
reciprocating saw
(coll.) (to beat etc) to death
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
(literary) former times / in olden days
to take sth to heart / to take sth seriously
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
(idiom) to be a loner; to keep to oneself
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
past events / former times
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
current account (in bank)
to belittle / to attack sb
past events / former times
in former years / in olden days


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