他山の石
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他 山 の 石
Meaning
- idiomatic expressionnounlesson learned from someone's else mistake, object lesson, food for thought, stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)(literal)
- see also:他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
- ± voorbeeld, les, stof tot nadenken
- Erfahrungen anderer, aus den man Lehren ziehen kann
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Extended information
- JMDict ID: 1407110
- JMdictDB entry
- Short URL: https://jpdct.com/FXiG
- Appears in the "wordfreq" file compiled by Alexandre Girardi (see wordfreq.README) on the last 12.000 words.
- Frequency-of-use ranking in the wordfreq file: 38