Entry
他山の石
Source
JMdict 200217
Characters
他 山 石
Definition
Word
他山の石
Reading
たざんのいし
Crossref
他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
Priority news2
Priority nf38
Reference
Translation dut
± voorbeeld les stof tot nadenken
Translation eng
lesson learned from someone's else mistake object lesson food for thought stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
Translation ger
Erfahrungen anderer, aus den man Lehren ziehen kann
Part of Speech noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Dictionaries
Miscellaneous idiomatic expression
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