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前事不忘，后事之师

qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī

9-character word Traditional 前事不忘，後事之師

What 前事不忘，后事之师 means

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

The characters in 前事不忘，后事之师

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 师shīteacher; master; expert