lay more stress on the past than on the present

lay more stress on the past than on the present

Mu Gu Bo Jin, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ù g ǔ B ó J ī n, which means to respect the past but despise the present. It's from "leisure and occasional mail, CI and Qu, melody".

The origin of Idioms

Li Yu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his spare time, CI, Qu, and temperament: "it's the common feeling of the world to be noble, distant, humble and near, and to appreciate the past but despise the present."

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: the past is better than the present

Idiom usage

It's unwise to be a subject, an attribute or an object.