jiè gǔ yù jīndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to borrow the past as a model for the present
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Original source entry:

借古喻今 借古喻今 [jie4 gu3 yu4 jin1] /to borrow the past as a model for the present/

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借古喻今
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