Definitions
(noun)
former times; past
Etymology
Depicts a period of time (日) in the past where there was a disastrous flood (𡿧).
About
The character "昔" originates from a composite ideograph that positions the sun radical above a symbol for water, conceptually representing a flood that has passed under the sun to signify elapsed time. Its structure stabilized into the modern form with 日 placed over a component now resembling grass but which historically depicted water, reflecting a graphical evolution that accompanied a semantic transition from concretely denoting ancient deluges to broadly meaning the past, a sense it exclusively carries in current usage.
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昔日这里很繁华。
昔日的朋友已远去。
今昔对比变化大。
他常回忆往昔时光。
昔日的梦想如今实现。
讲述昔日的冒险故事。
昔年往事难以忘怀。
追溯昔日的文明踪迹。