warning; caution; lesson
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Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesnoun
warning; caution; lesson
formalRefers to an event, experience, or situation that serves as a cautionary example, to be taken as a warning to avoid similar mistakes or consequences.
Lì历
shǐ史
shàng上
de的
shī失
bài败
yīng应
dāng当
yǐn引
wéi为
jiàn鉴
jiè戒
。
Failures in history should be taken as a warning.
Zhè这
cì次
shì事
gù故
gěi给
wǒ我
men们
liú留
xià下
le了
shēn深
kè刻
de的
jiàn鉴
jiè戒
。
This accident has left us with a profound lesson.
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Qián前
rén人
de的
jiào教
xùn训
jiù就
shì是
wǒ我
men们
de的
jiàn鉴
jiè戒
。
The lessons of our predecessors serve as our caution.
Wǒ我
men们
bì必
xū须
yǐ以
zhè这
cì次
shī失
bài败
wéi为
jiàn鉴
jiè戒
，
bì避
miǎn免
chóng重
dǎo蹈
fù覆
zhé辙
。
We must take this failure as a warning to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
Zhè这
ge个
gù故
shi事
duì对
nián年
qīng轻
rén人
shì是
ge个
hěn很
hǎo好
de的
jiàn鉴
jiè戒
。
This story is a good cautionary tale for young people.