前事

qiánshì
  1. past events
  2. antecedent
  3. what has happened

CEDICT

  1. (literary) what had happened; the previous matter
  2. what had happened; the previous matter

Wiktionary

以前的事。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 前 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 前293年)
  10. former
  11. formerly
2 事 shì
  1. matter
  2. thing
  3. item
  4. work
  5. affair

classifiers: 件, 樁, 回

Containing this entry

前事不忘，后事之师 qiánshìbùwàng,hòushìzhīshī don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

Related entries

往事 wǎngshì
  1. past events
  2. former happenings
往时 wǎngshí
  1. past events
  2. former times
往迹 wǎngjì
  1. past events
  2. former times
前件 qiánjiàn antecedent (logic)