往事已矣

wǎng shì yǐ yǐ

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1. the past is dead (idiom)

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Child Words of 往事已矣

• 事 事 shì: matter
• 已 已 yǐ: already
• 往 往 wǎng: to go (in a direction)
• 往事 往事 wǎng shì: past events
• 矣 矣 yǐ: classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le]