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引以為戒

简引以为戒 · 繁引以為戒

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjan5 ji5 wai4 gaai3

It refers to the lessons of past mistakes being used as an alert, to avoid repetition; take warning

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jan55 · low risingji55 · low risingwai44 · low fallinggaai33 · mid level

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Same syllable, six tones

jan因jan1cause 隐jan2secret 印jan3to print 人jan4man 引jan5to seduce or tempt 孕jan6pregnant

ji衣ji1clothes 椅ji2chair 意ji3idea 兒ji4non-syllabic diminutive suffix 尔ji5thus 义ji6justice

wai威wai1power 委wai2to entrust 畏wai3to fear 为wai4to do 伟wai5big 位wai6position

gaai佳gaai1beautiful 解gaai2to divide 界gaai3boundarygaai4—gaai5—gaai6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

引以為戒为

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

引以為戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto take sth as a warning (idiom); to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: yin3 yi3 wei2 jie4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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phrase

(idiomatic) to take as a warning; to draw lessons from

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