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鉴往知来

jiàn wǎng zhī lái

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Definitions

1. 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

Child Words of 鉴往知来

to come

to go (in a direction)

to know

to reflect