HSK 2 · Past & present

过去

guò qù

the past; to go over

Stroke order of 过去

2 characters, 11 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

过 · 6 strokes 去 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Walk '辶' past and go '去' away, and it becomes the past.

Parts: 过 pass (辶 walk + 寸) + 去 go (土 + 厶)

The characters in 过去

过 guo — (past experience particle) (6 strokes)
去 qù — to go (5 strokes)

Example sentence

过去的事情就别想了。

Don't think about things in the past.

Words with 过

过(past experience particle)难过sad; upset 不过but; however 超过to exceed; to surpass 过年to celebrate the New Year 走过to walk past 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 见过to have seen 过程process

Words with 去

去年last year 去to go 出去to go out 进去to go in 回去to go back 上去to go up 下去to go down; to go on 去世to pass away 看上去to look; it seems 失去to lose

More words: Past & present

当时at that time 那时at that time 那时候at that time 那会儿at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 后来afterwards; later 以后after; later 以前before; formerly 今后from now on 最近recently 原来originally; so it turns out 已经already 早就long ago; already

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