他山之石，可以攻玉
tā​shān​zhī​shí​kě​yǐ​gōng​yù

learning from others

  • created sense approved 他山之石，可以攻玉 · tā​shān​zhī​shí​kě​yǐ​gōng​yù · learning from others — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    他山之石，可以攻玉

    tā​shān​zhī​shí​kě​yǐ​gōng​yù

    learning from others

    stones from other hills may serve to polish one's own jade; metaphor for using external advice or the experiences of others to improve oneself or remedy one's own deficiencies

    他 (literal) → 他 · tā · other 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone ， (non_chinese) 可以 (literal) → 可以 · kě​yǐ · can 攻 (literal) → 攻 · gōng · to work on 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense