See 以史為鑒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "以史爲鑒",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "以史为鉴",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "以史為鑒",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "use history as a mirror",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to take history as a mirror; to draw lessons from history; to look to the past for guidance; to learn from history"
],
"id": "en-以史為鑒-zh-phrase-GmJQQ-r0",
"links": [
[
"history",
"history"
],
[
"mirror",
"mirror"
],
[
"draw",
"draw"
],
[
"lesson",
"lesson"
],
[
"look",
"look"
],
[
"past",
"past"
],
[
"guidance",
"guidance"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐshǐwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐshǐwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yíshǐwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐshǐhwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i³-shih³-wei²-chien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐ-shř-wéi-jyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yiishyyweijiann"
},
{
"roman": "išivɛjczjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ишивэйцзянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh sí wàih gaam"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ xi² wei⁴ gam³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ siː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kaːm³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "以史為鑒"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "以史爲鑒",
"tags": [
"Traditional-Chinese"
]
},
{
"form": "以史为鉴",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "以史為鑒",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "use history as a mirror",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 以",
"Chinese terms spelled with 史",
"Chinese terms spelled with 為",
"Chinese terms spelled with 鑒",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to take history as a mirror; to draw lessons from history; to look to the past for guidance; to learn from history"
],
"links": [
[
"history",
"history"
],
[
"mirror",
"mirror"
],
[
"draw",
"draw"
],
[
"lesson",
"lesson"
],
[
"look",
"look"
],
[
"past",
"past"
],
[
"guidance",
"guidance"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐshǐwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐshǐwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin",
"phonetic"
],
"zh_pron": "yíshǐwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄧˇ ㄕˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐshǐhwéijiàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "i³-shih³-wei²-chien⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yǐ-shř-wéi-jyàn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "yiishyyweijiann"
},
{
"roman": "išivɛjczjanʹ",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "ишивэйцзянь"
},
{
"ipa": "/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "yíh sí wàih gaam"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "ji⁵ si² wai⁴ gaam³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "yi⁵ xi² wei⁴ gam³"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiː¹³ siː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ kaːm³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "以史為鑒"
}
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