to take sth as a warning (idiom); to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
trad. 引以為戒
Also written 引以為戒【yǐn yǐ wéi jiè】
Characters in this word
4引
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to draw (e.g. a bow), to pull, to stretch sth, to extend, to lengthen, to involve or implicate in, to attract, to lead, to guide, to leave, to provide evidence or justification for, old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- Pinyin
- yǐn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 8320 of 2500
以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
戒
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to guard against, to exhort, to admonish or warn, to give up or stop doing sth, Buddhist monastic discipline, ring (for a finger)
- Pinyin
- jiè
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9892 of 2500