former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
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Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake
In former times, Marie Curie thought that at the end of every day, the sun falls into a well and therefore the light goes off. Nowadays as she is floating in front of the space station, she finds that she was right: as in the former times, every evening the sun goes into the well to fetch herself a milkshake.