借鏡 [－镜]

Jyutping ze3 geng3
Pinyin jiè jìng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (Tw) to draw on (others' experience)
  2. to learn from (how others do things)
  3. lesson to be learned (by observing others)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    借​其他人​嘅​言行​作為​對​自己​嘅​警戒​、​參考
    reference; lesson
    • 歷史係人類最佳嘅借鏡。
      历史系人类最佳嘅借镜。
      lik6 si2 hai6 jan4 leoi6 zeoi3 gaai1 ge3 ze3 geng3.
      History is the best lesson to draw from.
  2. 近義詞
    借鑑
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to use the experience from others as reference; to draw lessons from
    (syn.) 借鑒, 借鉴
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    唔识得向历史借镜嘅人注定要重蹈覆辙。
    唔識得向歷史借鏡嘅人注定要重蹈覆轍。
    m4 sik1 dak1 hoeng3 lik6 si2 ze3 geng3 ge3 jan4 zyu3 ding6 jiu3 cung4 dou6 fuk1 cit3 。
    • Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    历史系人类最佳嘅借镜。
    歷史係人類最佳嘅借鏡。
    lik6 si2 hai6 jan4 leoi6 zeoi3 gaai1 ge3 ze3 geng3.
    • History is the best lesson to draw from.