The past is not the future
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Li ǎ ob ù zh ǎ NGJ ǐ n, which means that there is no progress at all, and describes that there is no promise. It comes from a new account of the world literature written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
No progress at all. It's not promising.
The origin of Idioms
"Shi Shuo Xin Yu · literature" says: "I have been separated from you for many years
Idiom usage
Example: Pu Songling's strange tales from a Lonely Studio: a drunken maniac in the Qing Dynasty: "my nephew has never made progress. What can I do now?"
The past is not the future
develop a new method of one 's own - dú pì xī jìng
know one 's subordinates well enough to assign them jobs commensurate with their abilities - zhī rén shàn rèn
focus on only one aspect and neglect all the others - jǔ yī fèi bǎi
tower above the rest in height of intellect - yòu rán guàn shǒu
find spiritual sustenance in sth. - tuō wù yù xīng