鉴往知来

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

Characters and words in 鉴往知来

variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous

= + : Willy Walrus sold a black sneaker to the Lord inside of the anglepod, but the Lord is not satisfied at all. In fact he is so unsatisfied that he kicks both Willie Walrus and the sneaker towards the door.
old variant of 往[wang3]

= + : Willy Walrus sold a black sneaker to the Lord inside of the anglepod, but the Lord is not satisfied at all. In fact he is so unsatisfied that he kicks both Willie Walrus and the sneaker towards the door.
to know / to be aware

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Francis Bacon is attributed to have stated "scientia potentia est", "knowledge is power". I'll thus represent 知 by Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon (知) and James II of England (zh) are playing darts (矢) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because they lack a dart board they just use a mandarin (口).
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).

Words with 鉴往知来

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Sentences with 鉴往知来

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