借鉴 (借鑒)
jiè jiàn
Pinyin
Definition
借鉴 (借鑒)
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- to draw on (others' experience)
- to learn from (how others do things)
- lesson to be learned (by observing others)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to lend
- 2 to borrow
- 3 by means of
- 4 to take (an opportunity)
- 1 to use as an excuse
- 2 on the pretext
- 3 excuse
- 4 pretext
- 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
- 1 to draw support from
- 2 with the help of
- 1 to stay with sb
- 2 to ask for lodging
Idioms (10)
以免借口
- 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
借刀杀人
- 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
- 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
- 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借古讽今
- 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借尸还魂
- 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
借东风
- 1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
- 2 fig. to use sb's help
Sample Sentences
很多商界大佬会借鉴《孙子兵法》中的管理策略。
Many business leaders refer to the management strategies in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
才刚刚开始呢，我这两天在网上借鉴别人现成的攻略。我觉得咱们准备工作要做得充分些。
I've just started on it, I looked up one by someone online. I think we should do more preparation work.
网上的教学材料我们倒是可以借鉴。完了你把网址发给大家看看。
We could certainly learn from online teaching materials. After the meeting, send out the website's address for everyone to have a look.
呵呵。我可没这么崇洋媚外，不过也不得不承认，西方发达国家的确有很多值得我们学习和借鉴的地方。这次我去欧洲，就对他们公共交通系统折服不已，线路复杂却有序，非常便利。