引以為戒

Chinese

		to lead; to divert (water); to guide	to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	swear off; warn against
trad. (引以為戒/引以爲戒)		引	以	為/爲	戒
simp. (引以为戒)		引	以	为	戒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyǐwéijiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵ ji⁵ wai⁴ gaai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyǐwéijiè [Phonetic: yínyǐwéijiè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyǐwéijiè
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-i³-wei²-chieh⁴
    • Yale: yǐn-yǐ-wéi-jyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyiiweijieh
    • Palladius: иньивэйцзе (inʹivɛjcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵ ji⁵ wai⁴ gaai³
    • Yale: yáhn yíh wàih gaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵ ji⁵ wai⁴ gaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁵ yi⁵ wei⁴ gai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³ jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹ kaːi̯³³/

Idiom

引以為戒

1. to take as a warning; to draw lessons from

   • 過去我們就是鑑於他們的經驗教訓，少走了一些彎路，現在當然更要引以為戒。 [MSC, trad.]
     过去我们就是鉴于他们的经验教训，少走了一些弯路，现在当然更要引以为戒。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Guòqù wǒmen jiùshì jiànyú tāmen de jīngyàn jiàoxùn, shǎo zǒu le yīxiē wānlù, xiànzài dāngrán gèng yào yǐnyǐwéijiè. [Pinyin]

     It was by drawing lessons from their experience that we were able to avoid certain detours in the past, and there is all the more reason for us to do so now.