贵远贱近 guìyuǎnjiànjìn to revere the past and despise the present Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 贵 貴 guì to value to prize; to attach importance to; to hold in high regard远 遠 yuǎn adjective far far away in space or time; distant; remote贱 賤 jiàn to look down on (literary) to despise; to look down on; to treat with contempt近 jìn adjective near near in distance or time; close; nearby; recent