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前事不忘，後事之師

简前事不忘，后事之师 · 繁前事不忘，後事之師

Mandarin · pinyin qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī

don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

Characters in this entry

前: qián · in front, forward; preceding
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
忘: wàng · forget; neglect; miss, omit
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
師: shī · teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
师: shī · teacher, master, specialist

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