借古諷今

Chinese

 
to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of
ancient; old satirize
 
today; modern; present; current; this; now
trad. (借古諷今)
simp. (借古讽今)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiègǔfěngjīn, jiègǔfèngjīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): ze3 gu2 fung3 gam1

Idiom

借古諷今

  1. to satirize the present by referencing historical events or figures
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