引jan5以ji5為wai4戒gaai3

simp引以为戒also written引以爲戒

jan5 ji5 wai4 gaai3yǐn yǐ wéi jiè

English

to take sth as a warning (idiom)
It refers to the lessons of past mistakes being used as an alert, to avoid repetition; take warning
to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
to take something as a warning or lesson

粵語 — Cantonese

將某樣嘢視為警告或者教訓

Examples

佢因為貪污被判刑，我哋要引以為戒。
He was sentenced for corruption, and we should learn from his mistake.

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

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