jiàn​wǎng​zhī​lái

to learn from the past

  • created reference approved 鉴往知来/鑒往知來 → 观往知来/觀往知來 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鉴往知来 / 鑒往知來 jiàn​wǎng​zhī​lái

    观往知来 / 觀往知來 guān​wǎng​zhī​lái

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 鉴往知来/鑒往知來 → 观往知来/觀往知來 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鉴往知来 / 鑒往知來 jiàn​wǎng​zhī​lái

    观往知来 / 觀往知來 guān​wǎng​zhī​lái

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 鉴往知来/鑒往知來 · jiàn​wǎng​zhī​lái · to learn from the past — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鉴往知来 / 鑒往知來

    jiàn​wǎng​zhī​lái

    to learn from the past

    to observe and learn from past experiences in order to foresee how the future will develop; studying history gives insight into what is to come

    鑑往知來

    鉴 (literal) → 鉴/鑒 · jiàn · to examine 往 (literal) → 往 · wǎng · past 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · future

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

    created sense