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to draw on (others' experience) · Preferred written form
Preferred written form The two preferred forms differ by a single character. In Taiwan the standard term is 借鏡; on the Mainland it is 借鉴 - both point at “to draw on (others' experience)”.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionaries record 借鏡、借鑑 for this concept. The Mainland standard is among them - the difference is which form each side makes the default.
借鉴 is HSK 6 vocabulary on the HSK 3.0 list.
Pair source: CC-CEDICT, which tags the Taiwan form as Taiwan usage.
| Taiwan · 台灣 | Mainland · 大陆 | |
|---|---|---|
| Written form | 借鏡 | 借鉴 |
| Reading | ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ jiè jìng | jiè jiàn ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ |
| Senses | to draw on (others' experience) | to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others) |
| Syllabus | — | HSK 6 |
| MOE records | 借鏡 · 借鑑 | |
| Dictionary | not in the LinZi dictionary | entry → |
| Audio | — | |
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