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借鏡

简借镜 · 繁借鏡

Mandarin · pinyin jiè jìng

(Tw) to draw on (others' experience)
to learn from (how others do things)
lesson to be learned (by observing others)

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借: jiè · borrow; lend; make pretext of
鏡: Look up this written character
镜: jìng · mirror; lens; glass; glasses

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4–4 · jie4 jing4

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ze3 geng3

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verb

to use the experience from others as reference; to draw lessons from

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