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后车之鉴後車之鑒hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy
鉴别鑑別jian4 bie2
to differentiate; to distinguish
鉴定鑑定jian4 ding4
to appraise; to identify; to evaluate
鉴定委员会鑒定委員會jian4 ding4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
evaluation committee; review board
鉴价鑑價jian4 jia4
to appraise; appraisal; valuation
鉴戒鑒戒jian4 jie4
lesson from events of the past; warning
鉴赏鑑賞jian4 shang3
to appreciate
鉴赏家鑒賞家jian4 shang3 jia1
connoisseur; appreciative person; fan
鉴识鑑識jian4 shi2
to identify; to detect
鉴往知来鑒往知來jian4 wang3 zhi1 lai2
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
鉴于鑒於jian4 yu2
in view of; seeing that; considering; whereas
鉴真鑒真jian4 zhen1
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
鉴真和尚鑒真和尚jian4 zhen1 he2 shang5
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
借鉴借鑒jie4 jian4
to use other people's experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference
龙龛手鉴龍龕手鑑long2 kan1 shou3 jian4
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy
前车之鉴前車之鑒qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4
to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)
亲子鉴定親子鑒定qin1 zi3 jian4 ding4
paternity or maternity test
图鉴圖鑒tu2 jian4
illustrated handbook
印鉴印鑒yin4 jian4
seal impression; stamp; mark from a seal serving as signature
油光可鉴油光可鑒you2 guang1 ke3 jian4
lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom); lustrous
有鉴于此有鑒於此you3 jian4 yu2 ci3
in view of this; to this end
资治通鉴資治通鑒zi1 zhi4 tong1 jian4
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls