jiàn
Traditional: 鑑
鉴 (jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror”.
Meanings
- 1bronze mirror (used in ancient times)
- 2to reflect
- 3to mirror
- 4sth that serves as a warning or a lesson
- 5to examine
- 6to scrutinize
Related words
鉴于in view of鉴定to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate鉴variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]鉴old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]鉴variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]年鉴annual report鉴别to differentiate; to distinguish有鉴于此in view of this借鉴to draw on (others' experience)前车之鉴lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom)前车之鉴variant of 前車之鑑|前车之鉴[qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4]鉴赏to appreciate (as a connoisseur)