借 jiè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 昔 past, former
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
借鉴
jièjiàn
to draw lessons from
Characters in this word
鉴 jiàn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 金 — gold, metal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们可以借鉴国外经验，但不能照搬他们的制度。 Wǒmen kěyǐ jièjiàn guówài jīngyàn, dàn bù néng zhàobān tāmen de zhìdù. We can draw on foreign experience, but we cannot copy their system directly.
- 写作文的时候，可以借鉴别人好的写法。 Xiě zuòwén de shíhou, kěyǐ jièjiàn biérén hǎo de xiěfǎ. When writing an essay, you can learn from other people's good ways of writing.
- 这家餐厅借鉴了传统做法，又加入了新的想法。 Zhè jiā cāntīng jièjiàn le chuántǒng zuòfǎ, yòu jiārù le xīn de xiǎngfǎ. This restaurant drew on traditional methods and added new ideas as well.
Related words
- 借 jiè to borrow; to lend
- 借助 jièzhù to use as a means
- 借口 jièkǒu excuse; pretext
- 借条 jiètiáo IOU; written acknowledgement of debt
- 借用 jièyòng to borrow; to make use of
- 鉴定 jiàndìng to appraise, to identify; appraisal
- 鉴别 jiànbié to distinguish; to appraise; to identify
- 鉴赏 jiànshǎng to appreciate; to appraise
- 鉴于 jiànyú in view of; considering that
- 途径 tújìng way, channel
- 流程 liúchéng process, flow
- 采纳 cǎinà to adopt, to accept