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引以为戒

yǐn yǐ wéi jiè

4-character word Traditional 引以為戒

What 引以为戒 means

1. to take sth as a warning (idiom)
2. to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

The characters in 引以为戒

• 引yǐnto draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 戒jièto guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn

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