往年

wǎngnián
in former years; in previous years

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 往 wǎng
  1. to go (in a direction)
  2. to
  3. towards
  4. (of a train) bound for
  5. past
  6. previous
=1 往 wǎng old variant of 往 wǎng
=2 年 nián year

classifier: 個
=2 年 nián
  1. grain
  2. harvest (old)
  3. variant of 年 nián