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The idiom 「弔古傷今」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Mourn: to pay tribute. Paying tribute to ancient monuments, recalling the past, I feel sad about the current situation.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

diào gǔ shāng jīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

diu3 gu2 seung1 gam1

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