旧事

(舊事)jiù shì

old affair / former matter

Example Sentences

几位退休的老街坊每天午后都会相约在老茶馆儿里喝茶聊天,叙叙旧事。

jǐ wèi tuì xiū de lǎo jiē fāng měi tiān wǔ hòu dū huì xiāng yuē zài lǎo chá guǎn ér lǐ hē chá liáo tiān, xù xù jiù shì.

Several retired old neighbors meet every afternoon to drink tea and chat in the old teahouse and reminisce about the past.

两个人平时吵起架来,总喜欢把陈年旧事翻出来乱扯一通。

liǎng gè rén píng shí chǎo qǐ jià lái, zǒng xǐ huān bǎ chén nián jiù shì fān chū lái luàn chě yí tòng.

When the two of them quarreled, they always liked to bring up old stories.

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