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殷鑒不遠 (jan1 gaam3 bat1 jyun5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

殷鑒不遠 (jan1 gaam3 bat1 jyun5, yīn jiàn bù yuǎn) — (idiom) the pernicious moral of predecessors is right here; the pernicious history is repeating

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 殷 (jan1) — name of dynasty; thriving; prosperous; substantial; great; big; numerous; solic…
• 殷 (jan2) — rumbling
• 殷 (jin1) — dark red
• 殷 (aan1) — dark red
• 殷切 (jan1 cit3) — ardent; eager; earnest
• 殷勤 (jan1 kan4) — politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive

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