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
❍ 旧日的朋友死的死，散的散，回想起来，真是‘往事如烟，～，……(高云览《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。不忍心去回忆。can't bear to look back, can’t bear to think of the past, find it unbearable to recall |