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稽古振今

jī gǔ zhèn jīn

4-character word

What 稽古振今 means

1. studying the old to promote the new (idiom)

The characters in 稽古振今

• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 今jīnnow; the present time; current

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