以史為鑒

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	history	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	example; mirror; to view example; mirror; to view; reflection; to reflect; to inspect; to warn; (ancient bronze mirror)
trad. (以史為鑒/以史爲鑒)		以	史	為/爲	鑒
simp. (以史为鉴)		以	史	为	鉴
Literally: “use history as a mirror”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐshǐwéijiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐshǐwéijiàn [Phonetic: yíshǐwéijiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐshǐhwéijiàn
    • Wade–Giles: i³-shih³-wei²-chien⁴
    • Yale: yǐ-shř-wéi-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiishyyweijiann
    • Palladius: ишивэйцзянь (išivɛjczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³
    • Yale: yíh sí wàih gaam
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ xi² wei⁴ gam³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ siː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kaːm³³/

Idiom

以史為鑒

1. to take history as a mirror; to draw lessons from history; to look to the past for guidance; to learn from history