dĩ vãng

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 已往 (already gone).

Pronunciation

Noun

vãng

  1. (literary) the distant, bygone or forgotten past
    lùi/chìm vào dĩ vãng
    to recede/fade into oblivion
    • 2005 June, Tru tiên, translation of Zhu Xian:
      Vào một thời khắc trong dĩ vãng, hắn cũng đã từng nghe những lời này.
      Dĩ vãng xa xưa đã bao nhiêu năm rồi, đột nhiên quay trở lại.
      He heard these words sometime in the distant past.
      A time of ages ago, which has now come flushing back in waves.

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