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殷鉴不远
yīn​jiàn​bù​yuǎn

lessons from the past are close at hand

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
殷鉴不远 殷鑒不遠 yīn​jiàn​bù​yuǎn
variant 殷鑑不遠
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.

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