厚古薄今

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Chinese

generous; thick (for flat things) ancient; old
thin; slight; meagre
thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
 
today; modern; present
today; modern; present; current; this; now
 
trad. (厚古薄今)
simp. #(厚古薄今)

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厚古薄今

  1. to set great store by the past but look down on the present