evoke memories of the past while living in the present

evoke memories of the past while living in the present

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ǔ J ī ns ī x ī, which means to recall the past because of the things in front of us. It is the same as "mourning for the past". It's from the story of lights in long street, the morning bell in 1979.

Idiom explanation

Caress: pat, touch, extend to attention, gaze; think: recall; past: past. Look at the present, think about the past.

The origin of Idioms

Qin Mu's the morning bell in 1979: "thinking about the past and the present, my mind set off a wave of thought."

Idiom usage

To talk about the past and the present. Example Wang Bo's book with general Qi in Tang Dynasty: "Fu Fu cherishes the present and the past, and Li Ji is gentle." Sun Li's "listening to the recitation": "although there is an endless stream of people who think about the past and the present, they are in the minority. "