往事如風

Chinese

		past events; things in the past; the past past events; things in the past; the past; former happenings	as (if); such as	wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (往事如風)		往事	如	風
simp. (往事如风)		往事	如	风

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngshìrúfēng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngshìrúfēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˇ ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄈㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngshìhrúfong
  - Wade–Giles: wang³-shih⁴-ju²-fêng¹
  - Yale: wǎng-shr̀-rú-fēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangshyhrufeng
  - Palladius: ваншижуфэн (vanšižufɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

往事如風

the past has gone with the wind
Synonym: 往事如煙 / 往事如烟 (wǎngshìrúyān)
- 1993, “九百九十九朵玫瑰 [Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Nine Roses]”, in 林利南 (music), 找一個字代替, performed by 邰正宵 [Samuel Tai]:
  
  往事如風　癡心只是難懂 [MSC, trad.]
  往事如风　痴心只是难懂 [MSC, simp.]
  wǎngshìrúfēng, chīxīn zhǐshì nándǒng [Pinyin]
  The past is long gone, yet this difficult infatuation holds on