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HSK
to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
(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 come and go / to have dealings with / to be in relation with
HSK 6
to advance bravely
HSK 7-9
dealings / contacts / to go back and forth
HSK 6
to yearn for / to look forward to
HSK 7-9
as usual
from now on / in the future / time to come
HSK 6
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
reciprocating saw
to advance courageously (idiom) / to press forward
usual / customary
HSK 7-9
since ancient times / since times immemorial
to lead to
HSK 7-9
not censure sb for his past misdeeds / overlook sb's past mistakes / let bygones be bygones
former days; the past
HSK 7-9
to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous
HSK 7-9
the past
(of a bus, train etc) to leave for / heading for
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
thoughts wandering far away
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
to be reborn / to live in paradise (Buddhism) / to die / (after) one's death
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
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
former sessions / former years
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
out / outbound / departing
(in) the past / ahead; forward; in the future
to belittle / to attack sb
to hurry to (somewhere)
HSK 7-9
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)
deeply attached / devoted
in former times / in olden days
backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion
from here on
current account (in bank)
one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
(idiom) contrary to what usually happens
to visit frequently / to have frequent dealings (with) / to see each other often
(usual) practice of the past / precedent
to contact; to have dealings (with sb)
blunt / outspoken
(idiom) to be successful in every endeavor
to take sth to heart / to take sth seriously
in former years / in olden days
to bring shame to / to smear / to disgrace
past events / former times
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
(coll.) (to beat etc) to death
the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall
the past is dead (idiom)
(literary) former times / in olden days
lit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom); busy entertaining guests / all time taken over with social niceties
to change (to final stretch of journey)
(of a vehicle, boat etc) to travel to; to head for
outbound leg (of a bus or train journey etc)
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
past events / former times
(idiom) to be a loner; to keep to oneself
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *徃* | 徃* | *徃
old variant of
HSK 2


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