yǐn yǐ wéi jièdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
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Original source entry:

引以為戒 引以为戒 [yin3 yi3 wei2 jie4] /to take sth as a warning (idiom)/to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly/

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