前事不忘，后事之师

qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī

Definitions

1. don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

Child Words of 前事不忘，后事之师

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 事 shì: matter
• 前 qián: front
• 后 hòu: empress
• 忘 wàng: to forget
• 前事 qián shì: past events
• 师 shī: teacher
• 后事 hòu shì: future events