借古諷今

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiègǔfěngjīn, jiègǔfèngjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ, ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze³ gu² fung³ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiègǔfěngjīn [Phonetic: jiègúfěngjīn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiègǔfǒngjin
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-ku³-fêng³-chin¹
    • Yale: jyè-gǔ-fěng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehguufeengjin
    • Palladius: цзегуфэнцзинь (czegufɛnczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ fɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiègǔfèngjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄈㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiègǔfòngjin
    • Wade–Giles: chieh⁴-ku³-fêng⁴-chin¹
    • Yale: jyè-gǔ-fèng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiehguufenqjin
    • Palladius: цзегуфэнцзинь (czegufɛnczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɤŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze³ gu² fung³ gam¹
    • Yale: je gú fung gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze³ gu² fung³ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé³ gu² fung³ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː³³ kuː³⁵ fʊŋ³³ kɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

借古諷今

1. to satirize the present by discussing and commenting on historical events or figures