贵古贱今 — Chinese idiom
贵古贱今
guì gǔ jiàn jīn
Traditional: 貴古賤今
Meaning
- to revere the past and despise the present
Character by character
- 贵guìexpensive, costly; valuable, precious
- 古gǔold, classic, ancient
- 贱jiàncheap, low, mean, worthless
- 今jīnmodern, current; today, now
Idioms sharing a character
- 兵贵神速 bīng guì shén sù
- 攀附权贵 pān fù quán guì
- 攀高结贵 pān gāo jié guì
- 荣华富贵 róng huá fù guì
- 洛阳纸贵 Luò yáng zhǐ guì
- 纡尊降贵 yū zūn jiàng guì
- 亲疏贵贱 qīn shū guì jiàn
- 贵人多忘 guì rén duō wàng
- 贵远贱近 guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
- 达官贵人 dá guān guì rén
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