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往事不堪回首 (wong5 si6 bat1 ham1 wui4 sau2) — find it unbearable to recall events (memories) of the past in Cantonese

wongˏ₅往siˍ₆事batˉ¹不hamˉ¹堪wuiˎ₄回sauˊ²首
Mandarin Pinyin: wang3 shi4 bu4 kan1 hui2 shou3

Meaning of 往事不堪回首

nounfind it unbearable to recall events (memories) of the past

Characters in 往事不堪回首

往wong5
go; head for; leave for
事si6
be engaged in; go in for
不bat1
not; no; un-
堪ham1
endure; sustain; bear; stand
回wui4
(measure) time (as used to indicate number of occurrence
首sau2
the first; beginning

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