"借古諷今" meaning in Chinese

See 借古諷今 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɛː³³ kuː³⁵ fʊŋ³³ kɐm⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 借古讽今 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 借古諷今
  1. to satirize the present by discussing and commenting on historical events or figures Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "借古讽今",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "借古諷今",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "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": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to satirize the present by discussing and commenting on historical events or figures"
      ],
      "id": "en-借古諷今-zh-phrase-rEasZaYw",
      "links": [
        [
          "satirize",
          "satirize"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "discussing",
          "discuss"
        ],
        [
          "commenting",
          "comment"
        ],
        [
          "historical",
          "historical"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfěngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfèngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ze³ gu² fung³ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfěngjīn [Phonetic: jiègúfěngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfǒngjin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chieh⁴-ku³-fêng³-chin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyè-gǔ-fěng-jīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiehguufeengjin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czegufɛnczinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзегуфэнцзинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfèngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfòngjin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chieh⁴-ku³-fêng⁴-chin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyè-gǔ-fèng-jīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiehguufenqjin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czegufɛnczinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзегуфэнцзинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ze³ gu² fung³ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "je gú fung gām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dze³ gu² fung³ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zé³ gu² fung³ gem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛː³³ kuː³⁵ fʊŋ³³ kɐm⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "借古諷今"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "借古讽今",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "借古諷今",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "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 今",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 借",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 古",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 諷",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to satirize the present by discussing and commenting on historical events or figures"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "satirize",
          "satirize"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "discussing",
          "discuss"
        ],
        [
          "commenting",
          "comment"
        ],
        [
          "historical",
          "historical"
        ],
        [
          "event",
          "event"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfěngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfèngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ze³ gu² fung³ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfěngjīn [Phonetic: jiègúfěngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfǒngjin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chieh⁴-ku³-fêng³-chin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyè-gǔ-fěng-jīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiehguufeengjin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czegufɛnczinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзегуфэнцзинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfèngjīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiègǔfòngjin"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chieh⁴-ku³-fêng⁴-chin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyè-gǔ-fèng-jīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiehguufenqjin"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czegufɛnczinʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзегуфэнцзинь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ze³ gu² fung³ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "je gú fung gām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dze³ gu² fung³ gam¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zé³ gu² fung³ gem¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛː³³ kuː³⁵ fʊŋ³³ kɐm⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "借古諷今"
}

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