貴遠賤近

Simplified: 贵远贱近

guìyuǎnjiànjìn ㄍㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

    • to revere the past and despise the present (idiom)

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