借古讽今

jiè gǔ fěng jīn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

Child Words of 借古讽今

讽
fěng

to satirize

今
jīn

now

借
jiè

to lend

古
gǔ

ancient