以史为鉴

to learn from history (idiom)

Characters and words in 以史为鉴

old variant of 以[yi3]
old variant of 以[yi3]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 㠯 looks like a cool pair of safety goggles.

A ghost (尸) has been hiding from Maud Younger (Ø3) in a mandarin (口). Maud finds the mandarin in the space station's living room (Ø3) and squeezes the ghost out, and in order to (㠯) be protected from the mandarin juice flying all around in zero gravity she is wearing safety goggles (㠯).
abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

= + : So this is Neanderthal Man with a fake nose. He has bushy eyebrows, so my symbol for 以 is going to be one of these fake noses that come with additional glasses, eyebrows, and a moustache: Groucho glasses.

= + : Maud Younger and Neanderthal Man prepared some costumes for Halloween in the space station. Neanderthal Man created a big fake nose, while Maud Younger made a pair of Groucho glasses.
surname Shi
history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China

= + : For a mission in the space station (Ø3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) has to find out the history (史) of a mandarin (口), so with a pair of pliers (乂) he took to the space station he squeezes the mandarin like an orange.
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
because of / for / to

= + : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.

= + : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
variant of 為|为[wei4]
variant of 為|为[wei2]
variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.
variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

= + + : As Joan of Arc (ji) is looking at a bar of gold (金) in the anthill's bathroom (an4), she sees a reflection (鉴) of the robot (大) who wants to kill her with a kitchen knife (刂) and is warned (鉴) just in time.

Words with 以史为鉴

以史为鉴 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 以史为鉴

以史为鉴 currently does not appear in any sentence.