往事

yī zhuāng zhuāng wǎng shì fú shàng le tā de xīn tóu

一桩桩往事浮上了他的心头。

Memories of times past floated into his mind.

wǎng shì bù kān huí shǒu

往事不堪回首。

It's sad to look back on those old days.

yī tí qǐ tā de míng zi hěn duō wǎng shì dōu lì lì zài mù

一提起他的名字，很多往事都历历在目。

As his name comes up, many memories arise.

nà dōu shì wǎng shì

那都是往事。

That is all history now.

huí yì qǐ wǎng shì

回忆起往事

recollections of the past

tā xiào le hǎo xiàng zài wǎng shì de huí yì zhōng dé dào le ān wèi

她笑了，好像在往事的回忆中得到了安慰。

She smiled, as though solaced by the memory.

tā shì wǒ shí liù suì shí de nán péng you dàn nà shì chén nián wǎng shì le

他是我十六岁时的男朋友，但那是陈年往事了。

He was my boyfriend when I was sixteen, but that's ancient history now.