以人为鉴 — “To learn from others' experiences, successes, and failures”
以人为鉴 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to learn from others' experiences, successes, and failures”. To take others as a mirror or a lesson. Literally, “Take others as a mirror; use people as a lesson”.
以人为鉴 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 以人为鉴 mean?
以人为鉴 (yǐ rén wéi jiàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to learn from others' experiences, successes, and failures”.
How do you pronounce 以人为鉴?
以人为鉴 is pronounced yǐ rén wéi jiàn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 以人为鉴 literally mean?
Literally, 以人为鉴 means “Take others as a mirror; use people as a lesson”. It is used to mean “to learn from others' experiences, successes, and failures”.
What is the Chinese definition of 以人为鉴?
指将别人的成败得失作为自己的鉴戒。