借古讽今 (jiè gǔ fěng jīn) — to use the past to disparage the present (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

jiè gǔ fěng jīn

Traditional: 借古諷今

借古讽今 (jiè gǔ fěng jīn) is a Chinese word meaning “to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)”.

Meanings

1to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

Characters in 借古讽今

借jiè · to borrow 古gǔ · ancient 讽fěng · to satirize 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 讽刺to satirize 古ancient 古surname Gu 古巴Cuba

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