借古讽今
Traditional form:
借古諷今
Pinyin (reading):
jiègǔfěngjīn
Definitions:
- to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
Characters:
- 借 - to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
- 古 - old, classic, ancient
- 讽 - sarcastic; to chant, to mock, to ridicule
- 今 - modern, current; today, now
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