前事不忘，後事之師

Chinese

		what had happened; the previous matter	to forget not		aftermath; future events; successor	's; him/her/it; this	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (前事不忘，後事之師)		前事	不忘	，	後事	之	師
simp. (前事不忘，后事之师)		前事	不忘	，	后事	之	师

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánshì bù wàng, hòushì zhī shī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄤˋ , ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄓ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ si⁶ bat¹ mong⁴, hau⁶ si⁶ zi¹ si¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ se⁷ bug⁴ bhuang⁵, ao⁶ se⁷ ze¹ se¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánshì bù wàng, hòushì zhī shī [Phonetic: qiánshì bú wàng, hòushì zhī shī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄤˋ , ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ ㄓ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánshìh bù wàng, hòushìh jhih shih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-shih⁴ pu⁴ wang⁴, hou⁴-shih⁴ chih¹ shih¹
    • Yale: chyán-shr̀ bù wàng-, hòu-shr̀ jr̄ shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanshyh bu wanq, howshyh jy shy
    • Palladius: цяньши бу ван, хоуши чжи ши (cjanʹši bu van, xouši čži ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ si⁶ bat¹ mong⁴, hau⁶ si⁶ zi¹ si¹
    • Yale: chìhn sih bāt mòhng, hauh sih jī sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ mong⁴, hau⁶ si⁶ dzi¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ mong⁴, heo⁶ xi⁶ ji¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ mɔːŋ²¹ hɐu̯²² siː²² t͡siː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoin⁵ se⁷ bug⁴ bhuang⁵, ao⁶ se⁷ ze¹ se¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ sṳ̄ puk buâng, ău sṳ̄ tsṳ sṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹ puk̚²⁻⁴ buaŋ⁵⁵ au³⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹ t͡sɯ³³⁻²³ sɯ³³/

Proverb

前事不忘，後事之師

1. don't forget past events as they can guide you in the future​; benefit from past experience