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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 鑒往知來 [ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄓ ㄌㄞˊ; jian4 wang3 zhi1 lai2]
 to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
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