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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「鑒前毖後」 below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「鑒前毖後」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It means to learn from past mistakes, act more cautiously in the future and avoid making the same mistakes again.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jiàn qián bì hòu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gaam3 chin4 bei3 hau6

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