Characters
- 古 (古): surname Gu
- 往 (往): to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous
- 今 (今): now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- 来 (來): to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
Resources
- Wiktionary: 古往今来
- MDBG: 古往今来
- Examples with 古往今来 on Tatoeba
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