Chinese–English
鉴往知来
jiàn wǎng zhī lái · jian wang zhi lai
Traditional 鑒往知來
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
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