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前事不忘,後事之師

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: zoin5 se7 bug4 bhuang5 ao6 se7 ze1 se1
POJ: tsôiⁿ-sūr-puk-buâng-ǎu-sūr-tsur-sur
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

idiom: don't forget past events, as they can guide the future, learn from past experience
前事不忘,後事之師

1 candidate reading from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. The two 'candidate readings' supplied were actually the two halves (before/after the comma) of one single 8-syllable pronunciation, not alternate readings, so they have been merged into a single combined reading.

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