引以为戒 in English yin3 yi3 wei2 jie4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to take sth as a warning (idiomatic expression)
  • to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

Simplified Characters

引 以 为 戒

Traditional Characters

引 以 為 戒

Pinyin

yin3 yi3 wei2 jie4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

引yin3to draw (e.g. a bow) 以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 为wei4as (in the capacity of) 戒jie4to guard against