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前事不忘，后事之师【qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī】

don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

前事不忘，后事之师【qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī】

don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

前

HSK 11

含义in front, forward; preceding

拼音qián

事

HSK 11

含义affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

拼音shì

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

忘

HSK 12

含义forget; neglect; miss, omit

拼音wàng

后

HSK 13

含义queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

拼音hòu

之

HSK 42

含义marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to

拼音zhī

师

HSK 1

含义teacher, master, specialist

拼音shī