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gaam˗₃鑒
简 鉴
Pinyin: jian4
Translations
nounvariant of 鑑
noun(kindly) read this letter (used in opening phrase)
hoˊ²可ziˉ¹資ze˗₃借gaam˗₃鑒
简 可资借鉴
Pinyin: ke3 zi1 jie4 jian4
Translations
nouncan serve as a object lesson; a lesson can be drawn from...
gaam˗₃鑒dingˍ₆定
简 鉴定
Pinyin: jian4 ding4
Translations
nounto appraise; to identify; to evaluate [Var.] 鑑定
gaam˗₃鑒jyuˉ¹於
简 鉴于
Pinyin: jian4 yu2
Translations
nounin view of; since; in the light of [Var.] 鑑於
hauˍ₆後ceˉ¹車ziˉ¹之gaam˗₃鑒
简 后车之鉴
Pinyin: hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
Translations
nounto learn from a past mistake;
nounto draw a lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
toiˎ₄台gaam˗₃鑒
简 台鉴
Pinyin: tai2 jian4
Translations
nounplease read my letter; Attention of ...
nounto be read by…; for the attention of… [written and colloquial, very formal]
wutˍ₆活taiˊ²體gaam˗₃鑒dingˍ₆定
简 活体鉴定
Pinyin: huo2 ti3 jian4 ding4
Translations
nounidentification of the living
gaam˗₃鑒bitˍ₆別
简 鉴别
Pinyin: jian4 bie2
Translations
nounto differentiate; to distinguish
gaam˗₃鑒dingˍ₆定waiˊ²委jyunˎ₄員wuiˊ²會
简 鉴定委员会
Pinyin: jian4 ding4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
Translations
nounevaluation committee; review board
mingˎ₄明gaam˗₃鑒
简 明鉴
Pinyin: ming2 jian4
Translations
nounto clearly distinguish
ninˎ₄年gaam˗₃鑒
简 年鉴
Pinyin: nian2 jian4
Translations
nounYearbook; the Annual
janˉ¹殷gaam˗₃鑒batˉ¹不jyunˏ₅遠
简 殷鉴不远
Pinyin: yin1 jian4 bu4 yuan3
Translations
noun(idiom) the pernicious moral of predecessors is right here; the pernicious history is repeating
soengˊ²賞gaam˗₃鑒
简 赏鉴
Pinyin: shang3 jian4
Translations
nounappreciate (music, art, etc.)