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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
鉴定委员会鑒定委員會jian4 ding4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
evaluation committee; review board
鉴戒鑒戒jian4 jie4
lesson from events of the past; warning
鉴赏家鑒賞家jian4 shang3 jia1
connoisseur; appreciative person; fan
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
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