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借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
What 借古讽今 means
- to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
The characters in 借古讽今
- 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
- 古gǔancient; old; paleo-
- 讽fěngto satirize; to mock; to recite
- 今jīnnow; the present time; current
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