The past is not the future(liǎo bù zhǎng jǐn)

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?"

Chinese PinYin : liǎo bù zhǎng jǐn