借古喻今

to borrow the past as a model for the present

Characters and words in 借古喻今

to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
variant of 借[jie4]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
surname Gu
ancient / old / paleo-

= + : Mnemonic symbol: at least on German maps, this character actually resembles a cloister.

Oh no! Gitta Giraffe (gu) found that the golden cross (十) broke off of the cloister (古) in the space station's living room (Ø3)! She skewers a mandarin (口) on top of the cloister so that she can skewer the broken off cross back on to fix it.
surname Yu

= + : Yu the Great (yu) and Yu Xiulian (俞) are competing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Their subject is a mandarin (口) floating between them, and they both try and find better and better metaphors (喻) and allegories (喻) about the mandarin.
to describe sth as / an analogy / a simile / a metaphor / an allegory

= + : Yu the Great (yu) and Yu Xiulian (俞) are competing in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Their subject is a mandarin (口) floating between them, and they both try and find better and better metaphors (喻) and allegories (喻) about the mandarin.
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

= + : A rip off calendar showing today's date: 今

= + : Joan of Arc has changed into half-duck half-human being and lives in a tipi in front of the encampment. With her beak, she shows a rip off calender with the date of Armageddon: today.

Words with 借古喻今

借古喻今 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 借古喻今

借古喻今 currently does not appear in any sentence.