以史為鑒
Chinese
- to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)
history because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to becomeexample; mirror; to view; reflection; to reflect; to inspect; to warn; (ancient bronze mirror)trad. (以史為鑒) 以 史 為 鑒 simp. (以史为鉴) 以 史 为 鉴 Literally: “use history as a mirror”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
以史為鑒
- to take history as a mirror; to draw lessons from history; to look to the past for guidance; to learn from history