抚今追昔

撫今追昔
fǔjīnzhuīxī
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to reflect on the present and recall the past
  2. 2 to contemplate past and present
  3. 3 to reminisce while considering how things are now

Examples

Huí dào gùxiāng, fǔ jīn zhuī xī, gǎnkǎi wànqiān.
Returning to my hometown, reflecting on past and present, I was overwhelmed with emotion.
Lǎorén fǔ jīn zhuī xī, jiǎng qǐ le dāngnián de gùshi.
The old man, thinking about past and present, began telling stories from those years.
Fǔ jīn zhuī xī, wǒ shēnshēn tǐhuì dào shēnghuó de biànhuà.
Looking at now and back then, I feel deeply how life has changed.

Tips

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Literary and somewhat nostalgic in tone. Most common in memoirs, speeches, editorial essays, and reunion contexts.

Stroke Order

jīn
zhuī