翻老皇历

to look to the past for guidance (idiom)

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

variant of 翻[fan1]

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough

emperor / old variant of 惶[huang2]

(lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle

variant of 黃曆|黄历[huang2 li5]

old variant of 曆|历[li4] / old variant of 歷|历[li4]

calendar

old variant of 歷|历[li4]

to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / history