"In the past" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 以往 | yǐ wǎng | in the past / formerly |   |
| 昔日 | xī rì | former days / in the past | |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past | |
| 在前 | zài qián | ahead / formerly / in the past | |
| 过往 | guò wǎng | to come and go / to have friendly relations with / in the past / previous | |
| 早年 | zǎo nián | many years ago / in the past / in one's early years | |
| 宿昔 | sù xī | formerly / in the past | |
| 旧前 | jiù qián | in the past / formerly | |
| 从先 | cóng xiān | (dialect) before / in the past / previously | |
