往事如煙

Chinese

		past events; things in the past; the past past events; things in the past; the past; former happenings	as (if); such as	cigarette; tobacco; smoke
trad. (往事如煙)		往事	如	煙
simp. (往事如烟)		往事	如	烟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎngshìrúyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁵ si⁶ jyu⁴ jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngshìrúyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngshìhrúyan
    • Wade–Giles: wang³-shih⁴-ju²-yen¹
    • Yale: wǎng-shr̀-rú-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyhruian
    • Palladius: ваншижуянь (vanšižujanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁵ si⁶ jyu⁴ jin¹
    • Yale: wóhng sih yùh yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁵ si⁶ jy⁴ jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁵ xi⁶ yu⁴ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ¹³ siː²² jyː²¹ jiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

往事如煙

1. past events have faded like a puff of smoke