厚古薄今
hòu​gǔ​bó​jīn

to revere the past and neglect the present

  • created reference approved 厚古薄今 → 厚今薄古 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    厚古薄今 hòu​gǔ​bó​jīn

    厚今薄古 hòu​jīn​bó​gǔ

    antonym

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  • created sense approved 厚古薄今 · hòu​gǔ​bó​jīn · to revere the past and neglect the present — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    厚 (literal) → 厚 · hòu · to favor 古 (literal) → 古 · gǔ · ancient 薄 (literal) → 薄 · bó · to despise 今 (literal) → 今 · jīn · modern

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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