No. 4,978 in Chinese
過去兩
"過去兩" does not form a complete or typical phrase in Chinese, but "過去" means "the past" or "to pass," and "兩" means "two."
In a sentence
過去兩天我一直在忙著準備會議。
I have been busy preparing for the meeting in the past two days.
In this sentence, '過去兩' specifies the recent past duration of two days, functioning as a time indicator.
這是我過去兩次旅行中最喜歡的地方。
This is my favorite place from my last two trips.
Here, '過去兩' refers to the previous two instances (trips), indicating a number with a modifier.
過去兩年裡，這個城市的變化非常大。
In the past two years, there have been significant changes in this city.
In this context, '過去兩' quantifies a time period of two years in the past, describing a temporal framework.
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