Chinese Word: 鉴往知来 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

鉴 jiàn 往 wǎng 知 zhī 来 lái (Trad.: 鑒往知來)

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

1		tōng guò 通过 xué xí 学习 lì shǐ 历史 kě yǐ 可以 jiàn wǎng zhī lái 鉴往知来， duì 对 zì jǐ 自己 de 的 fā zhǎn 发展 yǒu 有 hěn dà 很大 de 的 bāng zhù 帮助。 Learning history is helpful in that we can review the past and predict the future.
2		zuò zhě 作者： yuè qún 岳群 fān yì 翻译： shí bào 时报 biān yì 编译 zǔ 组 kǒng zǐ 孔子 céng 曾 shuō 说 guò 过「 jiàn wǎng zhī lái 鉴往知来」， zì wǒ 自我 cóng 从 zhōng guó 中国 huí lai 回来 hòu 后， wǒ 我 yì zhí 一直 qiāng 将 zhè 这 jù huà 句话 zuò wéi 作为 wǒ 我 de 的 zuò yòu míng 座右铭。 Confucius once said, "Study the past if you would define the future. " Ever since my return from China this has been the axiom of my life.

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