借古喻今
jiè​gǔ​yù​jīn

to use the past to allude to the present

  • created sense approved 借古喻今 · jiè​gǔ​yù​jīn · to use the past to allude to the present — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借古喻今

    jiè​gǔ​yù​jīn

    to use the past to allude to the present

    to use historical events or stories to comment on or criticize the current situation

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to make use of 古 (literal) → 古 · gǔ · ancient things 喻 (literal) → 喻 · yù · analogy 今 (literal) → 今 · jīn · modern

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

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