粵

借ze3鏡geng3

simp借镜
ze3 geng3jiè jìng

English

  1. (Tw) to draw on (others' experience)
  2. to learn from (how others do things)
  3. lesson to be learned (by observing others)
  4. reference; lesson

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 借其他人嘅言行作為對自己嘅警戒、參考

Examples

  • 唔識得向歷史借鏡嘅人注定要重蹈覆轍。

    Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 歷史係人類最佳嘅借鏡。

    History is the best lesson to draw from.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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