引以为戒
yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiè

to learn a lesson

  • created reference approved 引以为戒/引以為戒 → 引以为鉴/引以為鑒 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引以为戒 / 引以為戒 yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiè

    引以为鉴 / 引以為鑒 yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 引以为戒/引以為戒 · yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiè · to learn a lesson — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引以为戒 / 引以為戒

    yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiè

    to learn a lesson

    to take something as a warning or to learn from a previous mistake or bad experience; to use something as a cautionary example

    引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to cause 以为 (literal) → 以为/以為 · yǐ​wéi · to use as; to regard as 戒 (literal) → 戒 · jiè · to warn

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

    created sense