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借鉴

jiè jiàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 借鑒

借鉴 (jiè jiàn) means "to draw on (others' experience)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 借鉴 means

1. to draw on (others' experience)
2. to learn from (how others do things)
3. lesson to be learned (by observing others)

The characters in 借鉴

• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of
• 鉴jiànbronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror

Where 借鉴 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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