10 从前 [從-] cóngqián (from-before) past, in the past: 我~不认识他. I didn’t know him. || 中国跟 ~不一样了. China is very different from what it was before. '
SAIGONESE
989 過去: the past: That's in the past now. 3589 海洋: ocean, sea: In the past, sailors ventured into the ocean in search of unexplored lands. 5418 カセットテープ: cassette tape: I used to use cassette tapes in the past. 6738 変貌: transformation: Tokyo has changed enormously in the past ten years. 8657 鎖国: national isolation: In the past, Japan closed its borders to the outside world.