to borrow the past as a model for the present
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
conversant with things past and present / erudite and informed
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
then and now / ancient and modern
at all times and in all places (idiom)
since ancient times / since times immemorial
to observe the present to study the past
from now on / henceforward
see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[]
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom) / to regret vainly one's past behavior
up to now / to this day
nowadays / at present / as things stand
studying the old to promote the new (idiom)
to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
to talk of the past and discuss the present (idiom) / to chat freely / to discuss everything
to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
to leave an example for all generations
before the present / (a long period) ago
(lit.) to astonish the ancients and dazzle contemporaries (idiom) / (fig.) to be earthshaking
(dialect) today / (literary) the present / this age
(literary) tonight
Imai (Japanese surname)
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
Imamura (Japanese surname)
(literary) this year
Liu Guijin (1945–), Chinese diplomat, ambassador to South Africa 2001–2007
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[] tales published in 1620
"Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
Dae Jang Geum, a 2003 Korean historical drama TV series
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