hòu​gǔ​bó​jīn

to revere the past and neglect the present

厚古薄今 hòu​gǔ​bó​jīn
to revere the past and neglect the present
(idiom) to value the past more than the present; to revere ancient things while looking down on or ignoring modern ones, especially in academic research

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