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
be perceptive of the minutest detail - dòng chá qiū háo
be exquisitely dainty and ravishingly beautiful - qiān jiāo bǎi mèi
capable of learning from others ' strong points to offset one 's weakness - shàn shàn cóng cháng
map out a well-conceived long-term plan - yuǎn móu shēn suàn
a region , where the cultivation of rice and the breeding of fish flourish - yú mǐ zhī xiāng