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to draw on (others' experience) / to learn from (how others do things) / lesson to be learned (by observing others)
HSK 6
paternity or maternity test
DNA test; DNA testing
to appreciate (as a connoisseur)
HSK 7-9
in view of / seeing that / considering / whereas
HSK 7-9
to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
HSK 6
to learn from history (idiom)
to differentiate; to distinguish
HSK 7-9
appraisal / verification / authentication / forensic investigation
seal impression / stamp / mark from a seal serving as signature
to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
connoisseur / appreciative person / fan
illustrated handbook
lesson from events of the past / warning
annual report / yearbook / almanac
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉴* | 鉴* | *鉴
bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize
to appreciate (a work of art)
evaluation; assessment
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom) / fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
to identify / to detect
to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)
in view of this / to this end
lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom) / lustrous
to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come
to appraise / appraisal / valuation
Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
to judge / to examine / to evaluate
to examine deeply / to inspect closely
in light of this
(computing) authentication
National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline)
(formal) (used in a submitted document) please review; for your kind consideration
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉴* | 鉴* | *鉴
variant of 鑑|鉴
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉴* | 鉴* | *鉴
old variant of 鑒|鉴
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉴* | 鉴* | *鉴
variant of 鑑|鉴
variant of 評鑑|评鉴


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