不堪回首bù kān huí shǒuit’s unbearable to think of the past (/old times); cannot bear to look back over (/to think of) the past; find it unbearable to recall;too sad to look back over (/to reflect on) the past
? 舊日的朋友死的死，散的散，回想起來(lái)，真是‘往事如煙，～，……(高云覽《小城春秋》235)All our old friends are scattered or dead. The past is gone,never to return… 不堪回首bù kān huí shǒu堪：忍受。不忍心去回憶。can't bear to look back, can’t bear to think of the past, find it unbearable to recall |