Feeling the past but the present
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ǎ NJ ī NW é IX ī, which means to have feelings for the present and miss the past. From to Liu Kun.
The origin of Idioms
The poem "to Liu Kun" written by Lu Chen of Jin Dynasty: "look at the sun and the moon, and look up quickly; feel for the present and the past, and think about it."
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, attribute; refers to easily sad.
Feeling the past but the present
go through the ceremonies of appointing a commander-in-chief - zhù tán bài jiàng
have a caustic and flippant tongue - jiān zuǐ bó shé
discussion as to who is right and who is wrong - shuō duǎn dào cháng