殷鉴
yīn​jiàn

warnings from history

  • created reference approved 殷鉴/殷鑒 → 殷鉴不远/殷鑒不遠 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    殷鉴 / 殷鑒 yīn​jiàn

    殷鉴不远 / 殷鑒不遠 yīn​jiàn​bù​yuǎn

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 殷鉴/殷鑒 · yīn​jiàn · warnings from history — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    殷鉴 / 殷鑒

    yīn​jiàn

    warnings from history

    (literary) examples of past failures that serve as a lesson for the future; a historical warning. Derived from the "Book of Odes" line "The warning for the Yin dynasty was not far off, it was in the time of the Xia kings."

    殷鑑

    殷 (literal) → 殷 · yīn · Yin dynasty 鉴 (literal) → 鉴/鑒 · jiàn · warning

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

    created sense