- 鑒往知來
- jian4 wang3 zhi1 lai2to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come* * *鑒往知來|鉴往知来 [jiàn wǎng zhī lái] ► to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.