learn from the ancient
Learning from the past, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is y ǐ g ǔ w é Iji à n, refers to the success or failure in history as a warning, from the new Tang Dynasty · Wei Zheng Zhuan.
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of Wei zhengzhuan in the new book of Tang Dynasty, "we can learn from bronze to correct our clothes; we can learn from ancient times to know the rise and fall; we can learn from people to know the gains and losses." According to "Jian" in "Wei zhengzhuan of the old book of the Tang Dynasty" as "mirror".
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate, object, or attribute
Analysis of Idioms
A mirror of the past
learn from the ancient
try to stop the passage of time - cháng shéng xì jǐng
it takes a hundred years to educate the people - bǎi zǎi shù rén
be faithful to one 's husband unto death - cóng yī ér zhōng