贵远贱近 — Chinese idiom
贵远贱近
guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
Traditional: 貴遠賤近
Meaning
- to revere the past and despise the present
Character by character
- 贵guìexpensive, costly; valuable, precious
- 远yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
- 贱jiàncheap, low, mean, worthless
- 近jìnto approach; near, close; intimate
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
- 贵古贱今 guì gǔ jiàn jīn
- 达官贵人 dá guān guì rén
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