to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)
trad. 貴遠賤近
Also written 貴遠賤近【guì yuǎn jiàn jìn】
Characters in this word
4贵
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short name for Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
- Pinyin
- Guì
- Traditional
- 貴
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4834 of 2500
远
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far, distant, remote, (intensifier in a comparison) by far, much (lower etc)
- Pinyin
- yuǎn
- Traditional
- 遠
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1115 of 2500
贱
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inexpensive, lowly, despicable, (bound form) (humble) my
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 賤
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 7277 of 2500
近
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near, close to, approximately
- Pinyin
- jìn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2373 of 2500