there is no lack of precedents
There is no lack of precedent. Chinese idioms, Pinyin is B ù f á Xi ā NL ì, which means there are many things in the past that can be used as examples. From Li Zicheng.
The origin of Idioms
Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Chapter 14, Volume 4: "in the uprising leaders of the late Ming Dynasty, they always attached importance to the adopted son, and there was no lack of precedent in the Five Dynasties when the adopted son succeeded to the throne."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: commonplace antonym: unprecedented
Idiom usage
There are many precedents for such things in ancient times.
Chinese PinYin : bù fá xiān lì
there is no lack of precedents
the difference between heaven and earth. xiāo rǎng zhī shū
The eagle struck with a thunderbolt. yīng cuō tíng jī
practise groundless criticisms. shuō hēi dào bái
time brings great changes to the world. cāng hǎi sāng tián
at whose hand will the deer die. lù sǐ shuí shǒu