Chinese idioms like 「鑒往知來」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Today, we explore the idiom 「鑒往知來」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Jian: to examine or draw lessons from; wang: past; lai: future. Based on past experience, we can know how things will change in the future.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiàn wǎng zhī lái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaam3 wong5 ji1 loi4
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