借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
Pinyin

Definition

借古讽今
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jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
今年
jīn nián
  1. 1 this year
今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
今
jīn
  1. 1 now
  2. 2 the present time
  3. 3 current
  4. 4 contemporary
  5. 5 this (day, year etc)
今儿
jīn r5
  1. 1 (coll.) today
今夜
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
今后
jīn hòu
  1. 1 hereafter
  2. 2 henceforth
  3. 3 in the future
  4. 4 from now on
今朝
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
今生
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
借
jiè
  1. 1 to lend
  2. 2 to borrow
  3. 3 by means of
  4. 4 to take (an opportunity)
借口
jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to use as an excuse
  2. 2 on the pretext
  3. 3 excuse
  4. 4 pretext
古
Gǔ
  1. 1 surname Gu
古代
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
古典
gǔ diǎn
  1. 1 classical
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
古老
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
如今
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
复古
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
至今
zhì jīn
  1. 1 so far
  2. 2 to this day
  3. 3 until now

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
  1. 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
借刀杀人
jiè dāo shā rén
  1. 1 to lend sb a knife to kill sb
  2. 2 to get sb else to do one's dirty work
  3. 3 to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
借尸还魂
jiè shī huán hún
  1. 1 lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise
借东风
jiè dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use sb's help
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism
借资挹注
jiè zī yì zhù
  1. 1 to make use of sth in order to make good the deficits in sth else (idiom)
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
彪炳千古
biāo bǐng qiān gǔ
  1. 1 to shine through the ages (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior

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