借鏡
simp借镜ze3 geng3jiè jìng
English
- (Tw) to draw on (others' experience)
- to learn from (how others do things)
- lesson to be learned (by observing others)
- reference; lesson
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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.
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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