learn from the ancient(yǐ gǔ wéi jiàn)

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

Chinese PinYin : yǐ gǔ wéi jiàn