以史為鑒
yǐ​shǐ​wéi​jiàn

to learn from history

  • created sense approved 以史为鉴/以史為鑒 · yǐ​shǐ​wéi​jiàn · to learn from history — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以史为鉴 / 以史為鑒

    yǐ​shǐ​wéi​jiàn

    to learn from history

    to take history as a mirror; to use past events as a guide or warning for the present

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 史 (literal) → 史 · shǐ · history 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 鉴 (literal) → 鉴/鑒 · jiàn · warning

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

    created sense