回溯 (huí sù) — to look back on, to recall (past events)

Definition

Examples

• 通过回溯历史，我们可以更好地理解现在。
  Tōng guò huí sù lì shǐ, wǒ men kě yǐ gèng hǎo dì lǐ jiě xiàn zài.
  By looking back on history, we can better understand the present.
• 他喜欢回溯过去的美好时光。
  Tā xǐ huan huí sù guò qù de měi hǎo shí guāng.
  He likes to recall the good times of the past.
• 这本书回溯了中国五千年文明。
  Zhè běn shū huí sù le zhōng guó wǔ qiān nián wén míng.
  This book looks back on five thousand years of Chinese civilization.

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