翻老皇历 — Chinese idiom
翻老皇历
fān lǎo huáng lì
Traditional: 翻老皇曆
Meaning
- to look to the past for guidance
Character by character
- 翻fānto upset, to capsize, to flip over
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 皇huángroyal, imperial; ruler, superior
- 历lìhistory; calendar
Idioms sharing a character
- 人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān
- 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù
- 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì
- 翻山越岭 fān shān yuè lǐng
- 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
- 翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí
- 翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì
- 翻箱倒箧 fān xiāng dǎo qiè
- 翻云覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ
- 咸鱼翻身 xián yú fān shēn
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