jiè gǔ yù jīn

借古喻今 (jiè gǔ yù jīn) is a Chinese word meaning “to borrow the past as a model for the present”.

Meanings

  1. 1to borrow the past as a model for the present

Characters in 借古喻今

借jiè · to borrow古gǔ · ancient喻yù · to describe sth as今jīn · now

Related words

今天today今晚tonight借to borrow借variant of 借[jie4]今年this year今now借口to use as an excuse古怪strange古ancient古surname Gu古巴Cuba古老ancient

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