厚古薄今
Traditional form:
厚古薄今
Pinyin (reading):
hòugǔbójīn
Definitions:
- to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
Characters:
- 厚 - generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
- 古 - old, classic, ancient
- 薄 - thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 今 - modern, current; today, now
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