撫fu2今gam1追zeoi1昔sik1

simp抚今追昔

fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1fǔ jīn zhuī xī

English

recall memories of the past while living in the present; compare the past with the present; one recalls the past
to associate with something in the past after seeing the current situation

粵語 — Cantonese

見到當下情景而聯想到過去

Examples

佢望住呢條河，撫今追昔。
He looked at this river for quite a while, associating with things that happened in the past.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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