怀古

懷古

huáigǔ

verb

Meanings

1 to reflect on the past
2 to meditate on history at an ancient site

Characters

to think of; to cherish

the past; antiquity

Examples

HSK 6

来到赤壁，游客们难免要怀古一番。

Láidào Chìbì, yóukèmen nánmiǎn yào huáigǔ yì fān.

Visitors to Red Cliff can hardly help reflecting on the past.

HSK 6

唐宋诗人留下了许多怀古诗。

Táng Sòng shīrén liúxià le xǔduō huáigǔ shī.

Poets of the Tang and Song left behind many poems meditating on the past.

Tips

culture

Many classical poems carry 怀古 in the title after the place that set the poet thinking, most famously 苏轼's 念奴娇·赤壁怀古, written at Red Cliff, scene of the battle of 208.

Stroke Order

怀 huái

古 gǔ