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殷鉴
yīn​jiàn

warnings from history

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 殷鉴不远 yīn​jiàn​bù​yuǎn lessons from the past are close at hand
    The lessons of history are not far to seek; used to say that one should take warning from the failures of those who came before.