yǐn yǐ wéi jiè

Translation

  • to take sth as a warning (idiom)
  • to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

Synonyms

  • 以史为鉴, 以此为戒, 借鉴, 后车之鉴, 引为鉴戒, 引以为鉴, 有鉴于, 用人之长, 闻者足戒
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