借古喻今

Chinese

		to lend; to borrow; excuse to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of	ancient; old	allegory	today; modern; present today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (借古喻今)		借	古	喻	今
simp. #(借古喻今)		借	古	喻	今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiègǔyùjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ gu² jyu⁶ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiègǔyùjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiègǔyùjin
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-ku³-yü⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: jyè-gǔ-yù-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehguuyuhjin
    • Palladius: цзегуюйцзинь (czegujujczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ gu² jyu⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: je gú yuh gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ gu² jy⁶ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ gu² yu⁶ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ kuː³⁵ jyː²² kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

借古喻今

1. to allude to present events or figures by referencing historical events or figures

Related terms

• 借古諷今／借古讽今 (jiègǔfěngjīn)