后事之师 meaning in English
lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future
past experience if not forgotten is a guide for the future
Examples
- Lessons learned from the past can guide one in the future .
前事不忘，后事之师。 - The answer to the problem is simple : learn from the past to make the future better
这个问题的教训很简单：前事不忘，后事之师。 - The remembrance of the past is the teacher of the future . we have to learn the failure , and try to succeed in experiment next time
前事不忘，后事之师，我们要记取这次失败的教训，争取下次实验成功。