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jiàn

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Definitions

  1. 1. to reflect
  2. 2. to mirror
  3. 3. sth that serves as a warning or a lesson
  4. 4. to examine
  5. 5. to scrutinize

Words Containing 鉴

鉴于
jiàn yú

in view of

鉴定委员会
jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì

evaluation committee

鉴证
jiàn zhèng

forensic investigation

评鉴
píng jiàn

evaluation

龙龛手鉴
lóng kān shǒu jiàn

Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical

鉴真
jiàn zhēn

Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism

鉴识
jiàn shí

to identify

赏鉴
shǎng jiàn

to appreciate (a work of art)

资治通鉴
zī zhì tōng jiàn

A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[sī mǎ guāng] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls

洞鉴
dòng jiàn

to examine deeply

鉴赏
jiàn shǎng

to appreciate (as a connoisseur)

亲子鉴定
qīn zǐ jiàn dìng

paternity or maternity test

印鉴
yìn jiàn

seal impression

鉴别
jiàn bié

to differentiate

鉴价
jiàn jià

to appraise

前车之覆,后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn

lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor

品鉴
pǐn jiàn

to judge

鉴黄师
jiàn huáng shī

content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline)

鉴往知来
jiàn wǎng zhī lái

to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come

年鉴
nián jiàn

annual report

前车之鉴
qián chē zhī jiàn

to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)

鉴定
jiàn dìng

to appraise

鉴黄
jiàn huáng

to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content

图鉴
tú jiàn

illustrated handbook

鉴戒
jiàn jiè

lesson from events of the past

借鉴
jiè jiàn

to draw on (others' experience)

有鉴于此
yǒu jiàn yú cǐ

in view of this

油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn

lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)

鉴赏家
jiàn shǎng jiā

connoisseur

国家文物鉴定委员会
guó jiā wén wù jiàn dìng wěi yuán huì

National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage

DNA鉴定
d n a jiàn dìng

DNA test

后车之鉴
hòu chē zhī jiàn

lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart

以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn

to learn from history (idiom)

鉴真和尚
jiàn zhēn hé shang

Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism