厚古薄今
hòugǔ-bójīn
to value the past over the present
Every meaning
hòugǔ-bójīn
- to value the past over the present
Its characters
- 厚hòuthick
- 古gǔancient; old
- 薄bómeager; slight (as in 微薄, 单薄)
- 今jīnnow; present (as in 今天)
Words with 厚
Words with 古
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.