Entry
殷鑑遠からず
Source
JMdict 200217
Characters
殷 鑑 遠
Definition
Word
殷鑑遠からず
Reading
いんかんとおからず
Reference
Translation eng
lessons from history are not far to seek
Translation ger
als warnendes Beispiel dienen
Part of Speech expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Miscellaneous
Information
from Confucius: "the model for the Yin Dynasty is not far-off (but in the collapse of the preceding Xia Dynasty)"
Dictionaries
Miscellaneous proverb
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